How can I help people with cancer?

My father was afflicted by an extremely rare cancer in which he needed to have a bone marrow transplant. The only things you can do for them is comfort them, help any way you can, and try to help them see the positives in life. Never abandon them, even if the situation is difficult for you, it's much harder for them, and they need someone by their side believing in them. Attitude is half the battle.

giving them the absolute support that they need. My best friend aged 19, just recently passed away from cancer, and not going to lie, he was embarrassed with the way he looks, he wouldnt want his friends to visit him etc, including me, which did saddens a lot of us. So what i would do to help, is to personally go out of ur way, to show them ur support. do what you can do, to fulfill their wishes, before its too late. Now dont get me wrong, i hope everyone else's cancer goes into remission. But if they're terminal, appreciate them, before its too late.

Sometimes a person just needs a friend, who might not understand what they are going through but is there for them and is a good listener. My friend battled with cancer for a while and she told me she always looks forward to me bringing her a bacon maple donut and for us to talk about her current situation.

I help people with cancer by making them hats and scarves and blankets then delivering them to the cancer patients in person and just talking to them about normal stuff and watching movies with them. Whether you think so or not, it helps them deal with the prospect that they have cancer much easier because they have a friend to talk to. You can volunteer at a hospital that has cancer patients to just talk to them or you can make them things or draw things for them and deliver them.

A good first step is to learn more about the diagnosis beforehand. Your friend may not want to talk about the details for many reasons, including that it is physically and emotionally tiring to repeat the same information to different people. If possible, the person’s spouse or a mutual friend may be able to give you the basics

I've been struggling with this question myself, since my coworker was recently diagnosed with lymphoma. Everyone reacts and copes with illness differently, so I've been trying to take my cues from him. If/when he wants to talk about it, I listen in support. If he wants to get distracted and forget temporarily about his cancer, I go along with that too. I've made sure to tell him more than once that I am here for him if he needs anything, to just ask. Once or twice I've pushed him a little bit to accept help from me (like giving him a ride) that he would normally decline. Ultimately, I think it's more about the emotions - fear, anxiety, anger, etc. - than the cause (cancer). So I focus on helping him through the emotions, same as I would for any other person I care about.

There are plenty of ways to help cancer patients. Aside from becoming a healthcare professional yourself, there are numerous volunteer organizations that people can participate in fundraising and advocacy. Perform a quick Google-search, and find something that you find both interesting and rewarding!

Hospitals, hospices, nursing homes, and the like are always looking for volunteers for various types of activities. This might be a great way to help if you don't have any direct training in the medical field. Fund raising for established and well-known charities is another way to help as these charities do great work to help support cancer research.

Cancer is a way that our body find to talk to us. It can be very hard to accept his enraged voice and when we listen to it everything will be easier.

Unless you are an oncologist or some super genius who can may be find a cure for cancer by doing research with stem cells or some thing; there is only one way to help be kind and gental to them and help & support them in the hardest time of their life by being an emotional enchor