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From Cancer Patient to Cancer Survivor: Lost in Transition

June 6th, 2009

This ebook will teach you how to survive againt cancer. This ebook wrote by Maria Hewitt, Sheldon Greenfield, and Ellen Stovall, Editors, Committee on Cancer Survivorship: Improving Care and Quality of Life, Institute of Medicine and National Research Council

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The Medical and Psychological Concerns of Cancer Survivors After Treatment

The medical and psychological effects of cancer and its treatment have been recognized for many years, but it is only recently that survivorship is coming to be recognized as a distinct phase of the cancer trajectory. Findings from research studies that have tracked the health and well-being of individuals long after cancer treatment has ended have identified risks that both the survivors and their health care providers should recognize. Advances in knowledge of how to manage conditions that arise in the post-treatment period have led to the development of some guidelines for health care providers to follow. The survivorship period provides many opportunities to improve the health and quality of life of cancer survivors. This chapter begins with a general overview of the potential medical and psychological consequences of cancer and its treatment. Brief descriptions are then provided on the late effects associated with four cancer types (breast, prostate, colorectal, and Hodgkin’s disease) as well as information on the need for services to ameliorate them. Lifestyle issues of interest to cancer survivors are reviewed—smoking cessation, physical activity, nutrition and diet, healthy weight, and the use of complementary and alternative medicine. The chapter concludes with a review of the committee’s findings and recommendations.

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