Partners often act as cancer caregivers and experience significant distress that is not always acknowledged or understood
Experiences and feelings vary for partners during the survivors’ diagnosis, treatment and survivorship phases
There are many online resources for cancer caregivers
Open and ongoing communication between relationship partners will help resolve problems and increase intimacy
Partners need to focus on their own health routine that includes consistent exercise, diet filled with fruit and vegetables, access to appropriate mental health resources and healthy sleep habits
Partners also need to attend to their own health—get screened for appropriate cancers and keep all medical appointments.
