I am frightened all the time. What actually helps?

Naming it helps more than people expect. So does knowing what happens next. A great deal of fear is fear of the unknown rather than of the treatment itself.

Ask your team to walk you through the next two weeks in order. And ask what support exists here, because most cancer centers have people whose whole job is this, and almost nobody is told.

Written by two physicians. Checked against patient information from the US National Cancer Institute and Cancer Research UK.