Not long ago, a cancer diagnosis was regarded as an automatic death sentence;today there are ten million survivors. Equally impressive is the growing number of clinicians and researchers dedicated to improving the quality of survivors’ lives and care. Yet despite this encouraging picture, there has never beena reliable central source for relevant clinical information – till now. The Handbook on Cancer Survivorship responds to the diverse needs of survivors and their support communities by comprehensively addressing the major issues in the field, from the burden of survivorship to secondary prevention. Editor Michael Feuerstein, himself a cancer survivor, and sixty other top scientist-practitioners analyze in depth how survivors meet and manage the challenges of life after cancer, and what clinicians, researchers, and public health systems can do to ease the transition. INDICE: From the contents Acknowledgements. Foreword.- Part I. Burden. Cancer Survivorship: A Bird’s Eye View from an Insider. Burden of Cancer Survivorship: A Pandemic of Treatment Success. Quality of Care. Quality of Life in Long Term Survivors. Health Disparities. Measuring Health Related Quality of Life.- Part II. Mechanisms of Common Problems. Exercise Motivation and Behavior Change. Fatigue. Pain Disorders. Stress. Depression. Interpersonal Relationships. Adaptation in the Face of Advanced Cancer.- Part III. Secondary Prevention. Restoring Emotional Well-being: A Model. Physical Activity: Potential Benefitsand Guidelines. Nutrition/Weight Management. Cognitive Changes. Smoking Cessation. Psychological Distress, Depression, and Anxiety. Managing Daily and LongTerm Stress. Pain and Function: A Psychosocial Perspective. Work. Comprehensive Long-Term Follow-Up: Cancer Survivorship Centers.- Part IV. Survivor and Provider Perspectives. Quality Care. Living with Advanced Cancer.
- ISBN: 978-0-387-85767-1
- Editorial: Springer
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 530
- Fecha Publicación: 01/11/2008
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés