Cancer Survivorship: Today and Tomorrow

ISBN-13: 9780387343495 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 322 str.

Patricia A. Ganz; Sandra J. Horning

Opis

ancer survivors have increased in number more than threefold over the last 30 years to the current level of 10 million and growing. Among patients diagnosed today, nearly Ctwo-thirds are expected to survive 5 or more years. This success may be attributed to the expertise of physicians and nurses from multiple disciplines, who precisely execute a complex plan based in clinical research. Yet, after a period of orchestrated and frequent int- action with healthcare professionals, bolstered by the attention and encouragement of family and friends, the cancer patient may view the end of treatment with anxiety and concern. And, what exactly is the plan? Just as healthcare providers are expected to keep up-to-date with the latest in treatment and prevention, they must now coordinate and provide comprehensive s- vivor care. This signi?cant text, organized and edited by Patricia A. Ganz and involving the contributions of over 40 distinguished authors, provides a greatly needed resource for survivor care today and tomorrow. The current attention on cancer survivorship represents a con?uence of burgeoning s- vivor numbers, a corpus of data on late treatment effects in children and adults, and increased public and professional awareness. Dr. Ganz and many of the contributors to this compreh- sive text pioneered cancer survivorship, and they must justi?ably be proud that their advocacy and commitment to survivor care and research have resulted in in-depth reports by the Pre- dent s Cancer Panel, several Institute of Medicine studies, and this timely text."

Recenzje

From the reviews:

"Cancer Survivorship: Today and Tomorrow was edited by Dr. Patricia Ganz, a medical oncologist pioneering the assessment of quality of life in cancer patients and one of the founders of the NCCS. ... If readers are looking for information on specific types of cancer, I would recommend Cancer Survivorship." (Daniela Dornelles Rosa, Journal of the American Medical Association, Vol. 298 (14), 2007)

Spis treści

Cancer Survivors: A Physician’s Perspective.- Cancer Survivorship: A Nursing Perspective.- Oncology Social Work for Survivorship.- Survivorship Research: Past, Present, and Future.- Surveillance after Primary Therapy.- Late Effects of Cancer Treatments.- Medical and Psychosocial Issues in Childhood Cancer Survivors.- Medical and Psychosocial Issues in Hodgkin’s Disease Survivors.- Medical and Psychosocial Issues in Testicular Cancer Survivors.- Medical and Psychosocial Issues in Gynecologic Cancer Survivors.- Medical, Psychosocial, and Health-Related Quality of Life Issues in Breast Cancer Survivors.- Medical and Psychosocial Issues in Prostate Cancer Survivors.- Physical and Psychosocial Issues in Lung Cancer Survivors.- Cancer Survivorship Issues in Colorectal Cancer.- Medical and Psychosocial Issues in Transplant Survivors.- Cancer Survivorship Issues in Older Adults.- Second Malignancies After Radiation Treatment and Chemotherapy for Primary Cancers.- Psychosocial Rehabilitation in Cancer Care.- Reproductive Complications and Sexual Dysfunction in Cancer Survivors.- The Employment and Insurance Concerns of Cancer Survivors.- Cancer Advocacy.- The Survivorship Care Plan: What, Why, How, and for Whom.

Blurb

A diagnosis of cancer provokes myriad responses in patients, chief among them the question: "how long do I have to live?" Increasingly, the answer to that question is not one of months or years, but decades. While there are now nearly 10 million people in the United States who have recovered or are currently recovering from cancer (increased from three million in 1971), the unique challenges encountered by survivors are often met with uncertainity by even the most seasoned physicians, nurses, and clinical social workers because of a lack of formal guidelines for post-treatment care and follow-up.

 

Cancer Survivorship: Today and Tomorrow provides much-needed information on how to best serve this community of patients. Written by experts in the field, many of the them cancer survivors themselves, each chapter leads the reader through the unique medical and psychosocial aspects of recovery and survivorship in many primary sites including Childhood Cancers, Hodgkin’s Disease, Testicular, Gynecological, Breast, Prostate, Lung, Colorectal, and Transplant (AML,ALL, Lymphoma). Additional chapters cover survailence, second malignancies, psychosocial rehabilitation, employment and job discrimination, sexual and reproductive dysfunction, and advocacy. Cancer Survivorship is designed to be a complete resource for all members of the patient care team, providing a strong basis for the ongoing treatment of cancer survivors.

 

From the foreword… "Dr. Ganz and many of the contributors to this comprehensive text pioneered cancer survivorship, and they must justifiably be proud that their advocacy and commitment to survivor care and research have resulted in in-depth reports by the President’s Cancer Panel, several Institute of Medicine studies, and this timely text. Cancer Survivorship: Today and Tomorrow is a natural evolution of these efforts, inclusive of the major areas of survivor care: surveillance for recurrence and second cancers, management of late effects, coordination of ongoing health maintenance and prevention, and the important psychosocial elements integral to the healing process after cancer treatment. Care of an entire generation of cancer survivors is needed and will be facilitated by the organization of this volume according to specific diseases, patient groups and cross-cutting topics."