Abstract
Introduction 80 The cancer journey 82 Calendars 84 Diagnosis 86 Reactions to diagnosis and treatment 88 Living with cancer 90 Fear of recurrence 92 Recurrence and facing death 94 Survivorship 96 Government health policy in the UK aims to put the patient, or service user, at the heart of local health services. For this to happen, health care professionals must gain an appreciation of what it is like to be a person with cancer, or a carer of someone with cancer. It is hard to know or understand the experience of another person, but there are various ways that we can gain insights into their experience. This section reviews ways of understanding the experience of cancer, and then goes on to look at different aspects of that experience for individuals, using the words of people with cancer....
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