Forschungsergebnisse zeigen, dass Krebsüberlebende durchschnittlich zehn anhaltende Symptome haben. Frauen, Menschen mit anderen Erkrankungen und diejenigen, die häufiger Krebsbehandlungen erhielten, schienen eine größere „Symptomlast“ oder Belastung zu haben.
https://news.northeastern.edu/2026/04/02/cancer-survivor-symptom-burden-research/
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Tinnitus and some nerve damage in my hands still there 9 years after chemo. Not a bad tradeoff for being alive in my case I suppose.
Can imagine what others might have with more aggressive treatments though. Cancer treatments get away with a lot of nasty side effects due to it being a life or death thing.
When I read the title, I was curious what they meant by women having a greater symptom burden. It doesn’t seem to be mentioned in the article, but the gynecological impact of my young adult cancer treatment has really been a thorn in my side. It would be interesting to see how much of the issues with things like sleep quality, anxiety or depression, or even pain sensitivity could be attributed to hormonal disruption.
Other than the infertility and needing HRT I got off relatively easily, I will say. It’s interesting to see how even the same treatments can impact people so differently.
I was diagnosed with Hodgkins lymphoma in 1997. Fought for almost 5 years. Received avbd chemo, a ton of radiation and some cyclophosphamide due to compilations. I have been suffering from nerve damage with severe muscle spacticity for 3 decades. Doctors kept brushing me off. I saw a neurologist for the first time 2 weeks ago after begging for help for 30 years. Also have chronic unexplained headaches. Not migraines. Depression has been my companion for 30 years as well. But on the bright side l am still alive and have raised my son and have a successful career. I don’t know how l survived but l did. No support from family though….as it was too hard for them to deal with. And yes l am female.
Cancer treatments are no joke had so many side effects but fortunately other than the ones from surgery they have minimized or gone away as time goes by and I exercised like hell.
My father had radiation therapy on his neck and now suffers nerve damage symptoms related to the vagus nerve as well as nerves that go down his arms and up into his face.
His pain still hasn’t gone away, seems like more just gets added to his list.