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Adrenal Cancer
- Advanced Reading
- Cancer FAQs
- Deciding on Treatment
- Managing Side Effects
  - Chemotherapy Side Effects
  - Other Treatment Side Effects
- Overview
- Understanding Your Diagnosis
Anal Cancer
- Advanced Reading
- Cancer FAQs
- Deciding on Treatment
- Managing Side Effects
  - Chemotherapy Side Effects
  - Other Treatment Side Effects
- Overview
- Understanding Your Diagnosis
Bile Duct Cancer
- Advanced Reading
- Cancer FAQs
- Deciding on Treatment
- Managing Side Effects
  - Chemotherapy Side Effects
  - Other Treatment Side Effects
- Overview
- Understanding Your Diagnosis
Bladder Cancer
- Advanced Reading
- Cancer FAQs
- Deciding on Treatment
- Managing Side Effects
  - Chemotherapy Side Effects
  - Other Treatment Side Effects
- Overview
- Understanding Your Diagnosis
Bone Cancer
- Advanced Reading
- Cancer FAQs
- Deciding on Treatment
- Managing Side Effects
  - Chemotherapy Side Effects
  - Other Treatment Side Effects
- Overview
- Understanding Your Diagnosis
Brain and Central Nervous Cancer
- Advanced Reading
- Cancer FAQs
- Deciding on Treatment
- Managing Side Effects
  - Chemotherapy Side Effects
  - Other Treatment Side Effects
- Overview
- Understanding Your Diagnosis
Breast Cancer
- Advanced Reading
- Cancer FAQs
- Deciding on Treatment
- Managing Side Effects
  - Chemotherapy Side Effects
  - Other Treatment Side Effects
- Overview
  - Genetics and Breast Cancer
  - Male Breast Cancer
- Prevention and Screening
- Understanding Your Diagnosis
Carcinoma of Unknown Primary
- Advanced Reading
- Cancer FAQs
- Deciding on Treatment
- Managing Side Effects
  - Chemotherapy Side Effects
  - Other Treatment Side Effects
- Overview
- Understanding Your Diagnosis
Cervical Cancer
- Advanced Reading
- Cancer FAQs
- Deciding on Treatment
- Managing Side Effects
  - Chemotherapy Side Effects
  - Other Treatment Side Effects
- Overview
- Prevention and Screening
- Understanding Your Diagnosis
Colorectal Cancer
- Advanced Reading
- Cancer FAQs
- Deciding on Treatment
- Managing Side Effects
  - Chemotherapy Side Effects
  - Other Treatment Side Effects
- Overview
- Understanding Your Diagnosis
Endometrial Cancer
- Advanced Reading
- Cancer FAQs
- Deciding on Treatment
- Managing Side Effects
  - Chemotherapy Side Effects
  - Other Treatment Side Effects
- Overview
- Understanding Your Diagnosis
Esophageal Cancer
- Advanced Reading
- Cancer FAQs
- Deciding on Treatment
- Managing Side Effects
  - Chemotherapy Side Effects
  - Other Treatment Side Effects
- Overview
- Understanding Your Diagnosis
Ewing Sarcoma
- Cancer FAQs
- Deciding on Treatment
- Managing Side Effects
  - Chemotherapy Side Effects
  - Other Treatment Side Effects
- Overview
- Understanding Your Diagnosis
Eye Cancer
- Advanced Reading
- Cancer FAQs
- Overview
- Treatment
Gallbladder Cancer
- Advanced Reading
- Cancer FAQs
- Deciding on Treatment
- Managing Side Effects
  - Chemotherapy Side Effects
  - Other Treatment Side Effects
- Overview
- Understanding Your Diagnosis
Head and Neck Cancer
- Advanced Reading
- Cancer FAQs
- Deciding on Treatment
- Managing Side Effects
  - Chemotherapy Side Effects
  - Other Treatment Side Effects
- Overview
- Prevention and Screening
- Understanding Your Diagnosis
Hodgkin Disease
- Advanced Reading
- Cancer FAQs
- Deciding on Treatment
- Managing Side Effects
  - Chemotherapy Side Effects
  - Other Treatment Side Effects
- Overview
- Understanding Your Diagnosis
Kaposi's Sarcoma
- Cancer FAQs
- Deciding on Treatment
- Managing Side Effects
  - Chemotherapy Side Effects
  - Other Treatment Side Effects
- Overview
- Understanding Your Diagnosis
Kidney Cancer
- Cancer FAQs
- Deciding on Treatment
- Managing Side Effects
  - Chemotherapy Side Effects
  - Other Treatment Side Effects
- Overview
- Understanding Your Diagnosis
Laryngeal Cancer
- Advanced Reading
- Cancer FAQs
- Deciding on Treatment
- Managing Side Effects
  - Chemotherapy Side Effects
  - Other Treatment Side Effects
- Overview
- Understanding Your Diagnosis
Leukemia - Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia (ALL)
- Advanced Reading
- Cancer FAQs
- Deciding on Treatment
- Managing Side Effects
  - Chemotherapy Side Effects
  - Other Treatment Side Effects
- Overview
- Understanding Your Diagnosis
Leukemia - Acute Myelocytic (AML)
- Advanced Reading
- Cancer FAQs
- Deciding on Treatment
  - Chemotherapy
  - Other Treatments
- Managing Side Effects
  - Chemotherapy Side Effects
  - Other Treatment Side Effects
- Overview
- Understanding Your Diagnosis
Leukemia - Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL)
- Advanced Reading
- Cancer FAQs
- Deciding on Treatment
- Managing Side Effects
  - Chemotherapy Side Effects
  - Other Treatment Side Effects
- Overview
- Understanding Your Diagnosis
Leukemia - Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia (CML)
- Advanced Reading
- Cancer FAQs
- Deciding on Treatment
  - Chemotherapy
  - Other Treatments
- Managing Side Effects
  - Chemotherapy Side Effects
  - Other Treatment Side Effects
- Overview
- Understanding Your Diagnosis
Leukemia - General
- Cancer FAQs
- Deciding on Treatment
  - Other Treatments
- Managing Side Effects
  - Chemotherapy Side Effects
  - Other Treatment Side Effects
- Overview
- Understanding Your Diagnosis
Liver Cancer
- Advanced Reading
- Cancer FAQs
- Deciding on Treatment
- Managing Side Effects
  - Chemotherapy Side Effects
  - Other Treatment Side Effects
- Overview
- Understanding Your Diagnosis
Lung Cancer
- Advanced Reading
- Cancer FAQs
- Deciding on Treatment
- Managing Side Effects
  - Chemotherapy Side Effects
  - Other Treatment Side Effects
- Overview
- Prevention and Screening
- Understanding Your Diagnosis
Malignant Mesothelioma
- Advanced Reading
- Cancer FAQs
- Deciding on Treatment
- Managing Side Effects
  - Chemotherapy Side Effects
  - Other Treatment Side Effects
- Overview
- Understanding Your Diagnosis
Multiple Myeloma
- Advanced Reading
- Cancer FAQs
- Deciding on Treatment
- Managing Side Effects
  - Chemotherapy Side Effects
  - Other Treatment Side Effects
- Overview
- Understanding Your Diagnosis
Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma
- Advanced Reading
- Cancer FAQs
- Deciding on Treatment
- Managing Side Effects
  - Chemotherapy Side Effects
  - Other Treatment Side Effects
- Overview
- Understanding Your Diagnosis
Oral Cancer
- Advanced Reading
- Cancer FAQs
- Deciding on Treatment
- Managing Side Effects
  - Chemotherapy Side Effects
  - Other Treatment Side Effects
- Overview
- Prevention and Screening
- Understanding Your Diagnosis
Other Cancers
Ovarian Cancer
- Advanced Reading
- Cancer FAQs
- Deciding on Treatment
- Genetics of Ovarian Cancer
- Managing Side Effects
  - Chemotherapy Side Effects
  - Other Treatment Side Effects
- Overview
- Prevention and Screening
- Understanding Your Diagnosis
Pancreatic Cancer
- Advanced Reading
- Cancer FAQs
- Deciding on Treatment
- Managing Side Effects
  - Chemotherapy Side Effects
  - Other Treatment Side Effects
- Overview
- Understanding Your Diagnosis
Penile Cancer
- Advanced Reading
- Cancer FAQs
- Deciding on Treatment
- Managing Side Effects
  - Chemotherapy Side Effects
  - Other Treatment Side Effects
- Overview
- Understanding Your Diagnosis
Pituitary Cancer
- Advanced Reading
- Cancer FAQs
- Deciding on Treatment
- Managing Side Effects
  - Chemotherapy Side Effects
  - Other Treatment Side Effects
- Overview
- Understanding Your Diagnosis
Prostate Cancer
- Advanced Reading
- Cancer FAQs
- Deciding on Treatment
- Managing Side Effects
- Overview
- Prevention and Screening
- Understanding Your Diagnosis
Skin Cancer - Melanoma
- Advanced Reading
- Cancer FAQs
- Deciding on Treatment
- Managing Side Effects
  - Chemotherapy Side Effects
  - Other Treatment Side Effects
- Overview
- Prevention and Screening
- Understanding Your Diagnosis
Skin Cancer - Non-Melanoma
- Advanced Reading
- Cancer FAQs
- Deciding on Treatment
- Managing Side Effects
- Overview
- Prevention and Screening
- Understanding Your Diagnosis
Soft Tissue Sarcoma
- Advanced Reading
- Cancer FAQs
- Deciding on Treatment
- Managing Side Effects
  - Chemotherapy Side Effects
  - Other Treatment Side Effects
- Overview
- Understanding Your Diagnosis
Stomach Cancer
- Advanced Reading
- Cancer FAQs
- Deciding on Treatment
- Managing Side Effects
  - Chemotherapy Side Effects
  - Other Treatment Side Effects
- Overview
- Understanding Your Diagnosis
Testicular Cancer
- Advanced Reading
- Cancer FAQs
- Deciding on Treatment
- Managing Side Effects
  - Chemotherapy Side Effects
  - Other Treatment Side Effects
- Overview
- Understanding Your Diagnosis
Thymus Cancer
- Advanced Reading
- Cancer FAQs
- Deciding on Treatment
- Managing Side Effects
  - Chemotherapy Side Effects
  - Other Treatment Side Effects
- Overview
- Understanding Your Diagnosis
Thyroid Cancer
- Advanced Reading
- Cancer FAQs
- Deciding on Treatment
- Managing Side Effects
  - Chemotherapy Side Effects
  - Other Treatment Side Effects
- Overview
- Understanding Your Diagnosis
Urethral Cancer
- Advanced Reading
- Cancer FAQs
- Deciding on Treatment
- Managing Side Effects
  - Chemotherapy Side Effects
  - Other Treatment Side Effects
- Overview
- Understanding Your Diagnosis
Uterine Cancer
- Advanced Reading
- Cancer FAQs
- Deciding on Treatment
- Managing Side Effects
  - Chemotherapy Side Effects
  - Other Treatment Side Effects
- Overview
- Understanding Your Diagnosis
Vaginal Cancer
- Advanced Reading
- Cancer FAQs
- Managing Side Effects
  - Chemotherapy Side Effects
  - Other Treatment Side Effects
- Overview
- Prevention and Screening
- Treatment Decisions
- Understanding Your Diagnosis
Vulvar Cancer
- Advanced Reading
- Cancer FAQs
- Deciding on Treatment
- Managing Side Effects
  - Chemotherapy Side Effects
  - Radiation Treatment Side Effects
- Overview
- Prevention and Screening
- Understanding Your Diagnosis

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Managing Side Effects

Chemotherapy Side Effects
Other Treatment Side Effects
Coping with the Cognitive Effects of Brain Tumors
Brain tumors may affect your cognition, which is your ability to think, reason, and remember. Many people with brain tumors have problems with concentration, language skills, and memory, as well.
Do What You Can to Ease Side Effects of Treatment for a Brain Tumor
Your treatment may cause side effects such as anemia, loss of appetite, and hair loss. Here are ideas on how to ease these and other discomforts.
Fatigue: Management
Fatigue can come and go or stay constant for a while. Fatigue from chemotherapy tends to occur a few days after the treatment, peaks, and then gets better before the next treatment. Fatigue from radiation may not happen right away.
Nutrition and Cancer - General Nutrition Guidelines
You may have difficulty eating or lose your appetite during cancer treatment. Try eating small, frequent meals instead of three large ones. To improve your appetite, don't drink beverages with your meals.
Tell Your Health Care Team How You Feel During Treatment for a Brain Tumor
Let your doctor and nurse know if you are experiencing any side effects or discomfort. Make sure you tell your doctor or nurse how these problems affect your day-to-day life.
Tips for People With Brain Tumors