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Booklets and factsheets
Lung cancer – a practical guide to breathlessness
For a copy of this booklet (free to patients) contact the Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation.
Coping with shortness of breath
Managing the experience of breathlessness
Living with breathlessness
A series of three booklets from Macmillan Cancer Support/Cancer Research UK. For free copies write to: Jaydee Anciro, Macmillan Practice Development Unit, Centre for Cancer and Palliative Care Studies, Royal Marsden Hospital, Fulham Road, London SW3 6JJ.
Management of a pleural effusion
Macmillan on-line factsheet. Explains how doctors treat fluid build-up around the lung.
Blood transfusions
Macmillan on-line factsheeet. Anaemia may be treated by blood transfusion. This factsheet gives more information.
Video
Taking a breather – managing breathlessness
Available from the Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation (donation requested). Alternatively your hospital or one of our Cancer Information Centres may have a copy.
Our Cancer Information Centres may also be able to help you find more sources of advice on breathlessness.
