Main description:

This book provides the necessary information about not only the clinical aspects of caring for cancer survivors, but also the psychosocial impacts. 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. 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.

Contents:

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.