Understanding the long-term challenges of cancer survivorship.
Survivorship in the context of cancer is an expanding domain. It is important not just to eradicate the cancer but also to understand the implications of diagnosis and treatment. This may also include a fear of secondary malignancies and life-threatening complications.
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Haemato-Oncology, Bud Flanagan Unit, Royal Marsden Hospital, London.
D005239:Fear; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology* / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D011788:Quality of Life; D017741:Survivors / Q000523:psychology*