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Approximately 53% of cancer patients are diagnosed when 65 years or older, yet no attempt to explore the experience of older cancer survivors has been made. This thoughtful, respectful book seeks to reduce older cancer patients' and survivors' feeling of aloneness and of not being understood by sharing narratives of other older cancer survivors' experiences.
List of contents
- Introduction: Why I Wrote this Book
- I. OLDER SURVIVORS OF BLADDER CANCER
- A. Treatment
- B. After Treatment Through Survivorship
- II. OLDER SURVIVORS OF COLORECTAL CANCER
- A. Treatment
- B. After Treatment Through Survivorship
- III. OLDER SURVIVORS OF NON-HODGKIN LYMPHOMA
- A. Treatment
- B. After Treatment Through Survivorship
- IV. OLDER SURVIVORS OF LUNG CANCER
- A. Treatment
- B. After Treatment Through Survivorship
- V. AN AFRICAN AMERICAN ONCOLOGIST'S VIEWS AS TO PERSONS OF COLORS' MEDICAL CARE
- SUMMARY: What Older Cancer Survivors are Telling Us About Having Had Cancer
- REFERENCES
- APPENDIX: List of Cancer Centers and Organizations that Provide Resources and Services for Cancer Survivors
About the author
Alice B. Kornblith, PhD is a Social Psychologist whose area of interest over the past 20 years has been the quality of life of cancer patients with a special focus on the older patient. Much of her career involved examining cancer patients' quality of life while on clinical (treatment) trials. More recently, she has turned her attention to listening to older cancer patients' own words concerning the impact of cancer on their lives.
Summary
Approximately 53% of cancer patients are diagnosed when 65 years or older, yet no attempt to explore the experience of older cancer survivors has been made. This thoughtful, respectful book seeks to reduce older cancer patients' and survivors' feeling of aloneness and of not being understood by sharing narratives of other older cancer survivors' experiences.
