1st Edition

Essentials of Cancer Survivorship A Guide for Medical Professionals

Edited By Lidia Schapira Copyright 2022
248 Pages 28 Color & 19 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

248 Pages 28 Color & 19 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

248 Pages 28 Color & 19 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

The growing number of cancer survivors presents a new challenge to generalists and specialists involved in their care. Prior cancer treatments may compound known comorbidities or contribute to future health risks. The ultimate success of cancer treatments ultimately depends on the meticulous management of post-cancer care, and this requires a clinical workforce that is engaged and ready. Cancer... Read more

Contributors

1. After Cancer: A Vision of Integrated Care

Lidia Schapira

2. From Learning to Survive to Learning to Live: Meeting a Cancer Survivor’s Needs

Ilana Yurkiewicz

3. Adult Survivors of Childhood Cancers

Stephanie M. Smith, Lauren Jimenez-Kurlander, Lindsay Schwartz, Tara O. Henderson, and Danielle Novetsky Friedman

4. Genetic Risk and Cancer Susceptibility

Madeline Graf and Allison W. Kurian

5. Intimacy and Sexual Health for Cancer Survivors

Catherine Benedict, Lauren A. Zimmaro, and Jennifer B. Reese

6. Fear of Cancer Recurrence

Phyllis Butow and Louise Sharpe

7. Personalized Symptom Management for Cancer Survivorship

Doris Howell, Martin Chasen, and Anish Singh Jammu

8. Psychosocial and Behavioral Interventions for Symptom Management in Cancer Survivors

Roberto M. Benzo, Blanca Noriega Esquivels, and Frank J. Penedo

9. Effects of Cancer Therapy on Cognition

Rebecca A. Harrison and Shelli R. Kesler

10. Treating Tobacco Use in Cancer Survivors

Kathleen Gali and Judith J. Prochaska

11. Special Considerations in Older Cancer Survivors

Juan Pablo Negrete-Najar, Andrea Perez-de-Acha, Ana Patricia Navarrete-Reyes, and Enrique Soto-Perez-de-Celis

12. Cardiovascular Complications of Cancer Therapy in Cancer Survivors

Susan Dent, Ioannis Milioglou, Harsh Patolia, Brandy Patterson, and Avirup Guha

13. Cancer Rehabilitation: Optimizing Function for Cancer Survivors

Cristina Kline-Quiroz, Raman Sharma, and Michael D. Stubblefield

14. Integrating Cancer Survivorship into Primary Care

Karolina Lisy, Jennifer Kim, and Michael Jefford

Index

Biography

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.