Cancer Survivorship

by Ganz, Patricia A.; Horning, Sandra J., M.D.

• ISBN13: 9780387343495
• ISBN10: 0387343490
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-04-30
• Publisher: Springer Nature

Summary

There are now 8-10 million cancer survivors in the United States alone (up from 3 million in 1971). Multiple studies have shown that most survivors today were diagnosed more than 20 years ago. As this former patient population ages, the relationships between secondary malignancies, age-related onset of certain malignancies, and screening and prevention become increasingly important, not only to the patient population, but also to the cancer management team treating the patients. There are multiple resources available to serve as oncology textbooks, but nothing to provide the necessary information on patient care for the non-MD members of the cancer patient management team. Cancer Survivorship provides the necessary information about not only the clinical aspects of caring for survivors, but also the psychosocial impacts. In the post-treatment phase, the management team must go beyond the realm of "conventional" follow-up, helping the patient to intellectually understand and emotionally grasp the path ahead. Cancer Survivorship will prove a vital tool to physicians, nurses, clinical social workers and mental health professionals.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. vii
Preface	p. ix
Contributors	p. xiii
Cancer Survivors: A Physician's Perspective	p. 1
Cancer Survivorship: A Nursing Perspective	p. 8
Oncology Social Work for Survivorship	p. 14
Survivorship Research: Past, Present, and Future	p. 28
Surveillance after Primary Therapy	p. 43
Late Effects of Cancer Treatments	p. 54
Medical and Psychosocial Issues in Childhood Cancer Survivors	p. 77
Medical and Psychosocial Issues in Hodgkin's Disease Survivors	p. 90
Medical and Psychosocial Issues in Testicular Cancer Survivors	p. 101
Medical and Psychosocial Issues in Gynecologic Cancer Survivors	p. 114
Medical, Psychosocial, and Health-Related Quality of Life Issues in Breast Cancer Survivors	p. 122
Medical and Psychosocial Issues in Prostate Cancer Survivors	p. 145
Physical and Psychosocial Issues in Lung Cancer Survivors	p. 157
Cancer Survivorship Issues in Colorectal Cancer	p. 177
Medical and Psychosocial Issues in Transplant Survivors	p. 188
Cancer Survivorship Issues in Older Adults	p. 215
Second Malignancies after Radiation Treatment and Chemotherapy for Primary Cancers	p. 225
Psychosocial Rehabilitation in Cancer Care	p. 238
Reproductive Complications and Sexual Dysfunction in Cancer Survivors	p. 251
The Employment and Insurance Concerns of Cancer Survivors	p. 272
Cancer Advocacy	p. 283
The Survivorship Care Plan: What, Why, How, and for Whom	p. 287
Index	p. 295
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