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Survivorship Issues  

Some patients with cancer have physical and emotional symptoms that may not necessarily be related to advanced cancer or end-of-life care. This section includes pieces devoted to such issues as maintaining quality of life after cancer treatment, returning to a normal routine while facing fatigue, and following the recommended schedule for post-treatment screenings and tests.

Life After Breast Cancer

Doc, Shouldn't We Be Getting Some Tests?

Why Not Start with Thalidomide?

Not Just Tired

Adjuvant Chemotherapy for Women with Young Children: Our Patients as Parents

Parents with Cancer: Who's Looking After the Children

Communicating the Value of Adjuvant Chemotherapy

Real-time Rationing of Scarce Resources: The NPTC Experience

Childhood Cancer Survivors in the Dark

The Use of Metaphor in the Discourse of Cancer

Treatment at Random: The Ultimate Science or the Betrayal of Hippocrates?

Revisiting 'First, You Cry,' 25 Years Later

Tobacco Dependence: Why Should an Oncologist Care?

From Access to Evidence: An Advocate's Journey

Caring (Really) for Patients Who Use Alternative Therapies for Cancer

Run for Your Life: The Reaction of (Some) Professionals to a Person with Cancer


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