If cancer comes back
If cancer comes back it does not necessarily mean that it cannot be treated successfully. Your doctor may recommend another course of treatment. Even if the cancer itself cannot be treated there may be treatment available to help control the symptoms caused by the cancer. You can find out more in the Palliative care section of this website. The links below will help you to find out more about living with advanced cancer.
Link:Finding out your illness is terminal
Produced by:CancerHelp UK
This page is about how you may feel and cope when hearing that you may not have long to live. There is information about: Your first reactions, feelings you may have, looking at your options, sharing your feelings, if you are by yourself and staying hopeful
Link:Coping with advanced cancer
Produced by:Macmillan Cancer Support
This section aims to help people who have been told their cancer has spread or come back. It is also for their relatives and friends. It outlines common concerns and problems, and advises on how to cope with them.
Link:End of life care
Produced by:NHS Choices
Advice on making the most of the time you have left, following a terminal diagnosis including practical and spiritual issues. There are links to booklets on advance care planning and getting your affairs in order
Link:Living with dying
Produced by:Healthtalkonline
Healthtalk Online have interviewed 41 people and 1 carer about their experiences of living with a terminal illness.
Link:When cancer comes back - cancer recurrence
Produced by:American Cancer Society
Find out the answers to common questions when cancer comes back.
Page last edited: 24 October 2011
