Quality of Care, Including Survivorship Care Plans

Dec 10, 2016 by in ONCOLOGY Comments Off on Quality of Care, Including Survivorship Care Plans

Fig. 17.1 Conceptual framework for receipt of optimal cancer care (Adapted from Shavers and Brown, JNCI 2002 with permission) After the initial treatment decisions are made, and treatments are underway,…

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Living with Metastatic Breast Cancer

Dec 10, 2016 by in ONCOLOGY Comments Off on Living with Metastatic Breast Cancer

Physical and medical challenges  Managing physical symptoms and side effects (e.g., pain, fatigue)  Dealing with constant or changing treatment schedules  Accepting stable disease as a desirable outcome of treatment  Maintaining…

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Symptoms: Fatigue and Cognitive Dysfunction

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Fig. 5.1 Model for explaining the influence of cancer and its treatments on common behavioral alterations including fatigue and cognitive dysfunction [Reproduced with permission from Miller et al. (2008)] These…

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Symptoms: Menopause, Infertility, and Sexual Health

Dec 10, 2016 by in ONCOLOGY Comments Off on Symptoms: Menopause, Infertility, and Sexual Health

Reproductive stage (STRAW) Known physiology Behavioral correlates Known predictors of menopause transition or behavioral correlates Reproductive early to late Normal to elevated FSH Menstrual cycles obtain regularity; later AMH drops…

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Psychological Adjustment in Breast Cancer Survivors

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Fig. 15.1 Trajectories of distress in the first year after breast cancer diagnosis (N = 171; Henselmans et al. 2010). Predicted (solid lines) and observed (dashed lines) levels of distress are displayed….

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