Cape Cod Health News: Breast cancer treatment is over. Now what?

Breast cancer messes with your body, but also your mind.

First, there’s the shock of diagnosis.

“The news can be quite devastating. There are so many thoughts that begin to surface for people, and, at times, it can be very difficult to focus or to comprehend the information that the medical team is reviewing with them,” said Judith Pregot, LICSW, OSW-C, MSW, M.ED, CGCS, a certified oncology social worker (OSW-C) with Davenport-Mugar Cancer Center in Hyannis. “Just hearing the word ‘cancer’ takes a person down a path that is often not helpful to follow.”

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