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EPISODE · Aug 17, 2026 · 21 MIN

Why you might feel lost when cancer treatment ends

from Life Matters - Separate stories podcast · host Australian Broadcasting Corporation

When Susan Delcour finished chemotherapy for breast cancer a few weeks ago, she expected to feel relieved.But she also felt unexpectedly lost without the routine of appointments and regular check-ins with her medical team."No-one really tells you about the anxiety of finishing chemo," she wrote on social media — and quickly discovered there were many other cancer survivors who felt the same.Nearly 1.7 million Australians are now living with, or beyond, cancer, and that number is expected to grow to more than 2.6 million by 2050, according to a new report from The Daffodil Centre.So how can we better support people as they adjust to life after treatment?

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