Teach Patients to Take Steroids Carefully

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Steroids help the patient with cancer by...

  • killing cancer cells and shrinking tumors as part of chemotherapy
  • decreasing swelling
  • reducing allergic reactions (before transfusions, for example)
  • reducing nausea from chemotherapy and radiation.
  • helping manage headaches or other symptoms caused by brain tumors

Patient Teaching Sheet for Steroid Use