'Cancer ghosting' can be more painful than treatment, survivors say

Loss of social support after a cancer diagnosis is a surprisingly common experience, social workers and cancer patients say. For young cancer survivors, it is a particularly difficult part of the disease.

'Cancer ghosting' can be more painful than treatment, survivors say
Chelsey Gomez was diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma at the age of 28.  Cancer ghosting "is the most painful thing" she says, "because you'/>

Loss of social support after a cancer diagnosis is a surprisingly common experience, social workers and cancer patients say. For young cancer survivors, it is a particularly difficult part of the disease.

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