Fear of cancer: is this why we don't want to get tested?
Breast cancer is the most common malignant tumour in Poland. In order to cover as many women as possible, newer and newer programmes of free preventive health care are created every year. Why?...
Can chronic stress lead to cancer?
Unhealthy food, stimulants and lack of exercise are the first things that come to mind when people think about how cancer arises. However, one often overlooked factor in cancer prevention is chronic...
How to talk to children about getting cancer?
Cancer - due to its increasing incidence - is now becoming a global problem. Many people find it difficult to tell anyone about the illness when they become ill, so it's not surprising that it's very...
Cancer and mental disorders
Cancer is a serious health problem - both because of the prognosis for some of them and because they can have a wide range of consequences. One of these is being talked about more nowadays, but...
How do we take care of our mental health during a pandemic?
The coronavirus pandemic has significantly altered our daily lives, what's worse is that even when the threat of contracting this pathogen has significantly diminished, the aftermath of the pandemic...
How to talk to people about the diagnosis?
The first days after hearing a cancer diagnosis are a difficult time for both the patient and their family, often comparable to an "earthquake". It is during this time that changes take place on a...
The role of the family during cancer treatment
A person diagnosed with cancer has to learn how to cope with it, also the family of the person with cancer during this time has to find their way in the new situation that the disease presents to...
