Body image and cancer
This audiobook is about how cancer and its treatment may affect your body image. This is the way you think and feel about your body.
Treatments like surgery, chemotherapy, radiotherapy, hormonal therapy and targeted therapies can change the way your body looks, works or feels. People affected by cancer are often worried about their body image. There are things you can do to improve your body image, and ways to get help and support.
This information is for anyone who is worried about changes to their body caused by cancer or cancer treatment. We hope it helps you deal with some of the questions or feelings you may have.
In this audiobook
- 1 Information about this audiobook
- 2 Introduction
- 3 Body image and cancer
- 4 Getting used to the changes
- 5 Managing anxiety and other feelings
- 6 Managing other people's reactions
- 7 Sexuality, intimacy and body changes
- 8 What can help
- 9 Make up, clothing and accessories
- 10 Helping you take control
- 11 Developing a positive body image
- 12 About our information
- 13 Other ways we can help you
- 14 Other organisations
- 15 Further resources
- 16 Can you do something to help?
- 17 Information about this recording
This audiobook is about how cancer and its treatment may affect your body image. This is the way you think and feel about your body.
Treatments like surgery, chemotherapy, radiotherapy, hormonal therapy and targeted therapies can change the way your body looks, works or feels. People affected by cancer are often worried about their body image. There are things you can do to improve your body image, and ways to get help and support.
This information is for anyone who is worried about changes to their body caused by cancer or cancer treatment. We hope it helps you deal with some of the questions or feelings you may have.
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