From Cancer Patient to Cancer Survivor
National Research Council / Institute of Medicine / National Cancer Policy Board / Committee on Cancer Survivorship: Improving Care and Quality of Life / Stovall, Ellen / Greenfield, Sheldon / Hewitt, Maria
With the risk of more than one in three getting cancer during a lifetime, each of us is likely to experience cancer, or know someone who has survived cancer. Although some cancer survivors recover with a renewed sense of life and purpose, what has often been ignored is the toll taken by cancer and its treatment?on health, functioning, sense of security, and well-being. Long lasting effects of treatment may be apparent shortly after its complet...