Cancer Survivorship - Today and Tomorrow

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.

List of 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.

About the author

Patricia Ganz, M.D. is Professor of Health Services in the School of Public Health, Professor of Medicine in the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, and Vice Chair of the Department of Health Services. She teaches health care practices and variations and ethical issues in public health. She is also the Director of the Division of Cancer Prevention and Control Research of the Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center at UCLA and leads a large research group that applies the scientific disciplines of public health (epidemiology, health services, behavioral sciences, biostatistics) to research on the prevention, detection, treatment, and supportive care of cancer. In addition, she is associate editor of Journal of Clinical Oncology and Journal of the National Cancer Institute, and is a member of the editorial board of the Cochrane Breast Cancer Group. In 1999 she was named an American Cancer Society Clinical Research Professor and in 2007 she became a member of the Institute of Medicine. Dr. Ganz has devoted the past 25 years to the study of quality-of-life outcomes in cancer and other chronic diseases.

Summary

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.

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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)

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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)

Product details

• Assisted by: Patrici A Ganz (Editor), Patricia A Ganz (Editor), Patricia A Ganz (Editor), Patricia A. Ganz (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.05.2009
• EAN: 9780387343495
• ISBN: 978-0-387-34349-5
• No. of pages: 304
• Dimensions: 208 mm x 281 mm x 13 mm
• Weight: 790 g
• Illustrations: XVI, 304 p. 80 illus.
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Clinical medicine; A, Medicine, INTERNAL MEDICINE, Hematology, Oncology, Cancer Research, Biomedical Research, Haematology