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Late effects of cancer and its treatment
1University of California-Los Angeles Division of Cancer Prevention and Control Research, Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Seminars in Oncology Nursing
|January 5, 2002
Abstract
Objectives:
To review the common physical and psychosocial late effects of treatment in adult and childhood cancer survivors.
Data Sources:
Published articles and research studies.
Conclusions:
More than half of individuals diagnosed with cancer can be expected to survive for more than 5 years. These survival gains have occurred because of more complex and multimodal therapy that may increase long-term toxicities.
Implications For Nursing Practice:
Health care providers must be familiar with these late effects to offer preventive care and health promotion strategies to this patient population.