Coping with Cervical Cancer

Cancer can be isolating, and it's easy to see where friends and family members who haven't personally dealt with cancer—and if they have, probably haven't dealt with your specific cancer—aren't able to fully relate and a patient can feel alone in some ways. The volunteer chapter leaders who work with ASHA's National Cervical Cancer Coalition (NCCC) understand this well; many chapter leaders are cervical cancer survivors or patients, others are family members who lost a loved one to the disease. In honor of Gynecologic Cancer Awareness Month comes to a close, ASHA's Fred Wyand asked NCCC chapter leaders to share their insights around what NCCC offers, coping with treatment and follow-up, and anything else they think women and families should know when it comes to dealing with cervical cancer. Fred shares their responses in this episode of ASHA's Sex+Health podcast and underscores the need for support and the value in finding others who really understand and appreciate what a patient is going through.