From Cancer Patient to Cancer Survivor focuses on survivors of adult cancer during the phase of care that follows primary treatment. The book raises awareness of the medical, functional, and psychosocial consequences of cancer and its treatment. It defines quality health care for cancer survivors and identifies strategies to achieve it. The book also recommends improvements in the quality of life of cancer survivors through policies that ensure their access to psychosocial services, fair employment practices, and health insurance.

This book will be of particular interest to cancer patients and their advocates, health care providers and their leadership, health insurers, employers, research sponsors, and the public and their elected representatives.

• Front Matter
• Executive Summary
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Cancer Survivors
• 3 The Medical and Psychological Concerns of Cancer Survivors After Treatment
• 4 Delivering Cancer Survivorship Care
• 5 Providers of Survivorship Care: Their Supply and Education and Training
• 6 Employment, Insurance, and Economic Issues
• 7 Research
• Glossary
• Index