Cancer survivorIdentityPsychosocial adjustmentQuality of lifePurpose: The purpose of this article is to propose a framework for enhancing an understanding of quality of life among cancer survivors that takes into account individuals' subjective experiences and attributions of self as they relate to their...
To understand what factors may be associated with the narrowing of the gap in life expectancy among survivors treated in more recent decades, we examined the composition of diagnoses and treatments by treatment era. The distribution of most cancer diagnoses in the survivor cohorts remained largely st...
events based on the characteristics of the survivor (age, exposure, follow-up, comorbidities) extrapolating data obtained outside the observation period, which has an impact on the assessment of the risk of mortality and life expectancy, the selection of screening strategies and follow-up ...
Survivor Diagnosed in Stage 3 Has Success in Clinical Trial When Russell Lamkin was first diagnosed with stage 3 mesothelioma, he was told it was inoperable and his life expectancy was about a year. He was then able to find success participating in a transarterial chemoperfusion study at the...
As the survivor population grows and their life expectancy increases due to continued treatment advances, comprehensive cancer centers have implemented cancer survivorship programs. The goal of this special section is to characterize the history and current status of cancer survivorship centers in seven ...
As the survivor population grows and their life expectancy increases due to continued treatment advances, comprehensive cancer centers have implemented cancer survivorship programs. The goal of this special section is to characterize the history and current status of cancer survivorship centers in seven ...
that’s in terms of decisions about their own treatment. For patient advocates, that’s about research priorities and practices,” saidMarty Chakoian, a prostate cancer survivor who heads the PNW Prostate Cancer SPORE patient advocate committee. “I’m really grateful to Pete Nelson and the whol...
et al. Results of the Thyroid Cancer Alliance international patient/survivor survey: psychosocial/informational support needs, treatment side effects and international differences in care. Hormones (Athens) 12, 428–438 (2013). Article Google Scholar Alexander, E. K. et al. Preoperative diagnosis ...
treatments have been described in some detail thanks to the constitution of specific registries such as the St. Jude Lifetime Cohort [97,98], the US-centered Childhood Cancer Survivor study [98,99], and the EUROCARE-6 study [100]. Although not as obvious as observed in childhood cancer, ...
patients through treatment adjustment, and provides a dedicated interface for clinicians to fine-tune the chatbot behaviors. Numerical evaluations show the effectiveness of trajectory analysis for providing insightful prediction and classification results in the context of breast cancer survivor patient support...