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Years of Added Life Can Have Long-term Costs

Tracy Hampton, PhD

JAMA. 2005;294:167-168.

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Orlando—Thanks to improved early detection and better cancer therapies, growing numbers of cancer survivors—including nearly 10 million in the United States—are living active and healthy lives years after diagnosis and treatment. Yet cancer survivors often bear a range of significant, long-term physical and psychological adverse effects from their treatments, including infertility, sexual dysfunction, cognitive impairment, and premature aging. In addition, they often have increased risks of recurrent and second cancers and struggle with financial and insurability issues.

At the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) held here in May, researchers and clinicians discussed the challenges to improving quality of life and long-term care of cancer survivors. While cancer therapies have made great strides, "we’re now dealing with some of the consequences of our success," said David Johnson, MD, outgoing president of ASCO and deputy director of the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, in Nashville, . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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