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Always encourage her to seek second or third opinions and to join support groups if she can. All cancers are not the same, and staging can determine prognosis, but nothing is set in stone. Ensure that she is active, as that seems to help reduce harshness of chemo to some extent anecdotally.

Let your employer know if they are empathetic, take the FMLA leave to set things up for her. Little things go a long way, like being with her during chemo sessions, cooking food that she likes and is palatable, being on hand to help her with nausea and other side effects, or even arranging distractions like a movie or finding her books to read.