Love in the time of cancer — three couples find romance despite disease

For 1 Descriptive statistics the respondents in all experiments. Open in a separate window. Table 2 Interest in dating in all experiments.

Elissa, a two-time breast cancer survivor, shares her tips on dating with breast cancer: timing is everything, how to do it, choose how much you.

Life after a cancer is different. Not only that, but cancer changes people. It might even be all of the above. There are both short-term and long-term effects relating to standard cancer treatments such as chemotherapy, immunotherapy, radiation, and surgery. Most people are aware of the short-term effects, but not so much the long-term side-effects. These are only some of the side effects that continue post-treatment. These symptoms can hang on for years. And sometimes they never go away.