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Friends and family members of a patient
who will be or is currently undergoing
radiation or chemotherapy may wonder
what they can do to help. Here are a
few suggestions to consider1:
 Listen
Bring over meals
Call and
leave thoughtful messages
Offer
to help find support
Offer
to run errands or baby-sit
Send cheerful
cards
Offer
to drive the person to and from therapy
Check
in on the person after his or her treatment
is complete
Reference:
1. American Cancer Society. Survivor offers advice to friends, family of
women with breast cancer. Available at: http://www.cancer.org/docroot/NWS/content/ NWS_2_1x_Survivor_
Offers_Advice_to_Friends_Family_of_Women_ with_Breast_Cancer.asp.
Accessed February 25, 2005.
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