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All about cancer – Information, support, hope for you!

More and more people in Finland are getting cancer, but people are increasingly recovering from the disease. The All About Cancer website provides reliable and useful information, advice and peer support.

Information and support for your situation

The contents offered to you change according to the choices you make. Personalized content is information about your chosen cancer and provided services that may be useful to you. You can change your choices at any time and they are not saved anywhere.

Neljä ihmistä ruokapyödässä, joista yksi tuo kattilallisen ruokaa.

Personalize the site according to your situation

Select the type of cancer and the stage at which the contents of the site will be personalized according to your situation. You can change your choices while roaming. The data is session-specific and is not saved in the browser.

For patients

Information and support for patients with cancer

For family and friends

What happens when a loved one gets cancer?

Personalize content

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Cancer Society of Finland

Cancer organizations maintain several sites intended for different target groups

National patient organizations

Reactions are part of adaptation

Having cancer can affect your sexuality in many ways

How should you tell them at work that you have cancer?

It is best not to delay applying for benefits, as many may have deadlines

When you have cancer, exercise is important in terms of your wellbeing and recovery

Cancer affects a person’s diet and eating habits in many ways

There is no completely clear-cut definition of cancer

Cancer treatments are being continually developed

The situation of each cancer patient is unique

Cancer is not inherited

Health services must be available equitably

Living with chronic cancer

The illness affects the quality of both your lives

The death of a loved one and the ensuing grief is a long process with many stages

Once your treatments are over, your recovery from cancer is often just beginning

How to make going back to work succeed?

Follow-up is needed to detect adverse effects of treatment and recurrence of the cancer

Do you want to discuss cancer or its treatment?

Peer support often makes things easier for patients and their loved ones

Courses are organised mainly in Finnish

Are you wondering about rehabilitation?

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All about cancer – Information, support, hope for you!

Information and support for your situation

Personalize the site according to your situation

For patients

For family and friends

How can we help you?