Essentials of Cancer Survivorship - A Guide for Medical Professionals

This new concise guide is intended for cancer clinicians as well as generalists and specialists who meet cancer survivors in their practices for routine check-ups or specialized consultations.

List of contents

Contributors. After Cancer: A Vision of Integrated Care. From Learning to Survive to Learning to Live: Meeting a Cancer Survivor’s Needs. Adult Survivors of Childhood Cancers. Genetic Risk and Cancer Susceptibility. Intimacy and Sexual Health for Cancer Survivors. Fear of Cancer Recurrence. Personalized Symptom Management for Cancer Survivorship. Psychosocial and Behavioral Interventions for Symptom Management in Cancer Survivors. Effects of Cancer Therapy on Cognition. Treating Tobacco Use in Cancer Survivors. Special Considerations in Older Cancer Survivors. Cardiovascular Complications of Cancer Therapy in Cancer Survivors. Cancer Rehabilitation: Optimizing Function for Cancer Survivors. Integrating Cancer Survivorship into Primary Care. Index.

About the author

Lidia Schapira MD, FASCO is Professor of Medicine at Stanford University School of Medicine, Director of Cancer Survivorship at the Stanford Comprehensive Cancer Center and Cancer Institute, Stanford, CA.

Summary

This new concise guide is intended for cancer clinicians as well as generalists and specialists who meet cancer survivors in their practices for routine check-ups or specialized consultations.

Product details

• Authors: Lidia Schapira
• Assisted by: Lidia Schapira (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2021
• EAN: 9780367518509
• ISBN: 978-0-367-51850-9
• No. of pages: 237
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Medicine: general issues, MEDICAL / Public Health, MEDICAL / Gynecology & Obstetrics, MEDICAL / Preventive Medicine, Oncology, Public health & preventive medicine, Gynaecology and obstetrics, Gynaecology & obstetrics, Public health and preventive medicine, MEDICAL / Oncology / General, Medicine / Healthcare: general issues / topics