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The Burden of Cancer Survivorship

A Pandemic of Treatment Success

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Handbook of Cancer Survivorship

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The life-altering burden of cancer has frame shifted from a narrow focus on the direct effects of anti-cancer therapy and overall survival to a spectrum of medical and nonmedical issues termed cancer survivorship. Survivorship still includes “traditional” consequences such as short- and long-term treatment side-effects and the development of second cancers. 1-3 In addition, cancer survivorship includes “newly” recognized psychological and psychosocial perturbations.4-7 For many patients, the latter issues are more challenging than the defined course of direct anti-cancer therapy. These “new” responsibilities represent a formidable management challenge for physicians and the health care community.

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  1. Department of Medical and Clinical Psychology and Preventive Medicine and Biometrics, Uniformed Services University of the Health Science, 4301 Jones Bridge Road, Bethesda, MD, 20814, USA

    Michael Feuerstein Ph.D, MPH, ABPP

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Wolff, S.N. (2007). The Burden of Cancer Survivorship. In: Feuerstein, M. (eds) Handbook of Cancer Survivorship. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-34562-8_2

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