Families detail hardship of chemotherapy

Chemotherapy is one of the hardest things a family can go through, with many afraid the aggressive treatment will not work, a study has revealed.

Families of people undergoing chemotherapy have revealed the realities of living with the harsh treatment regime as part of a major World Cancer Day study.

The research, carried out during the high-profile “Movember” awareness campaign late last year, focussed on the views of 109 families of people suffering from prostate cancer in Ireland.