South West Essex
Cancer
This section provides practical information about cancer treatment, symptoms, and how to manage common issues such as pain, constipation, and side effects of medicines. It also includes details of national and local services that can support you or the person you care for.
Cancer Help and Support Services in South West Essex
Find the service you need - from local to national options
Help and SupportNausea and vomiting: Information for patients and carers
How can I help my nausea at home before trying medication? Advice from a senior palliative physician
Caring for a breathless patient at home
Resources to support someone who is living with breathlessness
Concerns about opiates: Information for patients and carers
Worries about drugs such as Morphine are commonÂ
Radiotherapy skin reactions: Information for patients and carers
How radiotherapy can affect the skin and how to care for your skin during treatment
Painkillers: Information for patients and carers
Good pain relief is crucial. It can help people to eat, drink and feel they have a reason to live
Constipation caused by medicines: Information for patients and carers
What is the best treatment for constipation caused by medicines? Advice from a senior palliative physician
Bowel obstruction: Information for patients and carers
How to recognise the signs of a blockage in the bowel
Lymphoedema: Information for patients and carers
Lymphoedema is a long-term condition that causes swelling in the body's tissues
Spinal cord compression: Information for patients and carers
Consider the need for urgent treatment in someone with bone metastases who has developed new back pain