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Survivorship care for cancer patients : a clinician's handbook / Stefan Rauh, editor.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cancer--Patients--Care--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Cancer--Patients--Care.
- Cancer--Patients.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Handbooks and manuals.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- Cham, Switzerland : Springer, 2021.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- This book is a valuable source for oncologists and all other physicians dealing with cancer survivors. It provides detailed information on the evidence-based benefits and forms of intervention, with contributions by a highly prestigious and well recognized panel of experts. Chapters deal with all features of survivorship outlining the role of the oncologist and other caregivers and discusses survivorship care in different countries and different settings. The book addresses new challenges and complex issues broader than medical issues faced by patients who are cured highlighting that cancer is no longer a death sentence. It provides evidence-based management guidance and addresses issues such as symptom management, palliative care, screening for recurrence, rehabilitation, fertility issues among others. This is an indispensable resource for oncologists, oncology nurses and other professionals dealing with cancer patients as well as patient advocacy groups and cancer leagues.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Contents
- 1: Definition of Survivorship Care
- Definition of Survivorship Care
- Evolution of Term in Pubmed
- Brief History
- Definitions
- Seasons of Survival Revisited
- Categories of Patients with and Survivors of Cancer Category Description
- Shades of Survivorship Describes Three Categories
- ESMO and European Cancer Patient Coalition Categories of Cancer Survivors (Who Are all Post-Treatment)
- Evidence-Based Survivorship Care Interventions
- Survivorship Care Plan
- Oncologist Versus Primary Care Provider
- Models of Cancer Survivorship Health Care
- Quality of Cancer Survivorship Care Framework
- Cancer and its Treatment
- General Health Care and Prevention
- Health Care Delivery
- Evidence Gaps and Research Priorities
- Surveillance for Recurrence and New Cancers
- Management of Long-Term and Late Physical Effects
- Management of Long-Term and Late Psychosocial Effects
- Health Promotion
- Care Coordination
- Financial Hardship
- Cross-Cutting Needs
- Conclusion
- References
- 2: Goals of Survivorship Care
- Cancer Survivorship Care
- Domains of Cancer Survivorship Care
- Cancer Survivorship Care Plan and Rehabilitation Targets
- Cancer Survivorship Care Plan
- Rehabilitation Targets
- The Different Needs for Survivorship Care
- The Impact of National Disparities on Survivorship Care
- The Cancer Stigma and Cancer Advocacy
- Concluding Remarks
- 3: "There is Life after Cancer": The Medical, Psychological, Social and Financial Challenges of Cancer Survivors at the End of the Active Treatment
- Life after Cancer and the Notion of the Quality of Life
- Improving the Medical Dimension of Survivorship Care
- The Psychological aspects of Survivorship Cancer Care
- The Impacts of Cancer in the Socioeconomic Lives of Cancer Survivors
- Return to Work after Cancer
- Access to Financial Instruments and the Right to Be Forgotten
- 4: Follow-Up and Long-Term Follow-Up of Cancer Patients: Who is in Charge, why, when, and how...: Introduction: The Evolution from "Surveillance" to "Survivorship Care"
- 5: Models of Long-Term Follow-up for Cancer Patients: From Children to Adults, from Simple to Multi-Modal
- References
- 6: Who Should Be in Charge of Survivorship Care?
- What Does Survivorship Care Mean?
- Who Fares Better?-Perceptions of Oncologists, Primary Care Physicians, and Patients
- Medical Oncologists' Perception of FU
- Primary Care Providers'(PCPs') Perception of FU
- Patients' Perception of FU
- Who Fares Better? Evidence
- Survival Benefit According to the Chosen FU Model
- Progression Free Survival and Early Detection of Recurrence
- Other Endpoints
- Current/Existing Models of Survivorship Care
- Shared Models
- Shared Models with Risk-Stratified Individualized Survivorship Follow-Up
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 9783030786489
- 303078648X
- OCLC:
- 1263742083
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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