Product details:
ISBN13: | 9780190902032 |
ISBN10: | 0190902035 |
Binding: | Paperback |
No. of pages: | 288 pages |
Size: | 137x206x20 mm |
Language: | English |
257 |
Category:
Older Survivors of Cancer
Publisher: OUP USA
Date of Publication: 26 November 2020
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Short description:
Approximately 53% of cancer patients are diagnosed when 65 years or older, yet no attempt to explore the experience of older cancer survivors has been made. This thoughtful, respectful book seeks to reduce older cancer patients' and survivors' feeling of aloneness and of not being understood by sharing narratives of other older cancer survivors' experiences.
Long description:
Improved cancer treatment and survival rates have resulted in a growing number of cancer survivors who live years, and even decades, after their cancer diagnosis. Insights into what the experience of cancer survivorship looks like and how it can be navigated are much sought after by cancer survivors and their families, loved ones, and communities as they chart this unfamiliar and often lonely territory.
Approximately 53% of cancer patients are diagnosed when 65 years or older, yet no attempt to explore the experience of older cancer survivors has been made. Dr. Alice. Kornblith, an esteemed social psychologist with extensive experience working with cancer patients, aims to address this need in Older Survivors of Cancer: Feeling Understood by Sharing Experiences. This thoughtful, respectful book seeks to reduce older cancer patients' and survivors' feeling of aloneness and of not being understood by sharing narratives of other older cancer survivors' experiences. Narratives were gathered specifically for this book and relate experiences across different cancer diagnostic groups, phases of cancer and gender. Throughout, the reader learns how cancer affected their lives-physically, psychologically, spiritually, and socially--during each phase of their cancer journey. Commentary by Dr. Kornblith provides context and lessons learned from the narratives.
Approximately 53% of cancer patients are diagnosed when 65 years or older, yet no attempt to explore the experience of older cancer survivors has been made. Dr. Alice. Kornblith, an esteemed social psychologist with extensive experience working with cancer patients, aims to address this need in Older Survivors of Cancer: Feeling Understood by Sharing Experiences. This thoughtful, respectful book seeks to reduce older cancer patients' and survivors' feeling of aloneness and of not being understood by sharing narratives of other older cancer survivors' experiences. Narratives were gathered specifically for this book and relate experiences across different cancer diagnostic groups, phases of cancer and gender. Throughout, the reader learns how cancer affected their lives-physically, psychologically, spiritually, and socially--during each phase of their cancer journey. Commentary by Dr. Kornblith provides context and lessons learned from the narratives.
Table of Contents:
Introduction: Why I Wrote this Book
I. OLDER SURVIVORS OF BLADDER CANCER
A. Treatment
B. After Treatment Through Survivorship
II. OLDER SURVIVORS OF COLORECTAL CANCER
A. Treatment
B. After Treatment Through Survivorship
III. OLDER SURVIVORS OF NON-HODGKIN LYMPHOMA
A. Treatment
B. After Treatment Through Survivorship
IV. OLDER SURVIVORS OF LUNG CANCER
A. Treatment
B. After Treatment Through Survivorship
V. AN AFRICAN AMERICAN ONCOLOGIST'S VIEWS AS TO PERSONS OF COLORS' MEDICAL CARE
SUMMARY: What Older Cancer Survivors are Telling Us About Having Had Cancer
REFERENCES
APPENDIX: List of Cancer Centers and Organizations that Provide Resources and Services for Cancer Survivors
I. OLDER SURVIVORS OF BLADDER CANCER
A. Treatment
B. After Treatment Through Survivorship
II. OLDER SURVIVORS OF COLORECTAL CANCER
A. Treatment
B. After Treatment Through Survivorship
III. OLDER SURVIVORS OF NON-HODGKIN LYMPHOMA
A. Treatment
B. After Treatment Through Survivorship
IV. OLDER SURVIVORS OF LUNG CANCER
A. Treatment
B. After Treatment Through Survivorship
V. AN AFRICAN AMERICAN ONCOLOGIST'S VIEWS AS TO PERSONS OF COLORS' MEDICAL CARE
SUMMARY: What Older Cancer Survivors are Telling Us About Having Had Cancer
REFERENCES
APPENDIX: List of Cancer Centers and Organizations that Provide Resources and Services for Cancer Survivors