![]() The book raises awareness of the medical, functional, and psychosocial consequences of cancer and its treatment. The transition from active treatment to post-treatment care is critical to long-term health.įrom Cancer Patient to Cancer Survivor focuses on survivors of adult cancer during the phase of care that follows primary treatment. Long lasting effects of treatment may be apparent shortly after its completion or arise years later. 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. 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. Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences.Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education. ![]() Help Ordering Information New Releases Browse by Division Browse by Topic
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