title: Provision of integrated psychosocial services for cancer survivors post-treatment.
abstract: Meeting the psychosocial needs of patients with cancer has been recognised as a priority within oncology care for several decades. Many approaches that address these needs have been developed and described; however, until recently much of this work had focused on patients during treatment and end-of-life care. With continued improvement in therapies, the population of cancer survivors who can expect to live for 5 or more years after cancer diagnosis has increased dramatically, as have associated concerns about how to meet their medical, psychosocial, and health behaviour needs after treatment. Guidelines and models for general survivorship care routinely address psychosocial needs, and similar guidelines for psychosocial care of patients with cancer are being extended to address the needs of survivors. In this Series paper, we summarise the existing recommendations for the provision of routine psychosocial care to survivors, as well as the challenges present in providing this care. We make specific recommendations for the integration of psychosocial services into survivorship care.
authors.affiliation: Perini Family Survivors' Center, Dana Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. Electronic address: christopher_recklitis@dfci.harvard.edu.
authors.forename: Christopher J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Recklitis
authors.affiliation: Biobehavioral Sciences Department, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, USA.
authors.forename: Karen L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Syrjala
mesh_terms: D000359:Aftercare; D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D010347:Patient Care Planning / Q000592:standards*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic / Q000592:standards*; D017741:Survivors / Q000523:psychology*