MADISON (WKOW) -- A conference at the Monona Terrace in Madison focused on how to support caregivers for cancer patients.

Speakers at the annual Fall Cancer Conference touched on how families are impacted by cancer.

Kristin Litzelman, an associate professor at the UW-Madison School of Human Ecology, said family members of cancer patients may not recognize themselves as caregivers, so they may not realize they have access to resources to support them.

"Anyone who has had a family member experience cancer knows that cancer doesn't just impact the patient, it impacts the whole family, It impacts everyone. And so getting that support and knowing that others have been through that same experience and can empathize and can understand, knowing that you're not alone in that can be really helpfu

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