Childhood Cancer Survivors

Childhood Cancer Survivors A Practical Guide to Your Future

By Kathy Ruccione, Nancy Keene, Wendy Hobbie
April 2000
Pages: 512
ISBN 10: 1-56592-460-6 | ISBN 13: 9781565924604

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Description

More than 250,000 people have survived childhood cancer--a cause for celebration. Authors Keene, Hobbie, and Ruccione chart the territory of long- term survivorship: relationships; overcoming employment or insurance discrimination; maximizing health; follow-up schedules; medical late effects. The stories of over sixty survivors--their challenges and triumphs--are told. Includes medical history record-keeper.
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More than 250,000 children, teens, and adults are survivors of childhood cancer. The present high rate of cure for childhood cancer is a cause for celebration--children and their families faced adversity and triumphed. The surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy used to cure children can affect growing bodies and developing minds. If young people know of these potential problems, they can take steps to identify, cope with, or treat them early if they do develop. Childhood Cancer Survivors charts the territory of long-term survivorship:

Emotional aspects of surviving cancer
Challenges for relationships; fertility concerns
Follow-up schedules for health monitoring
Self-care and lifestyle issues
Transition from pediatric to adult care
Overcoming discrimination in employment or insurance

Authors Keene, Hobbie, and Ruccione are experts in the field of childhood cancer. They have written, spoken, and advocated about all aspects of survivorship. Importantly, they have also talked to hundreds of survivors, with a wide range of issues and triumphs, and have included many of their stories. Includes medical history record-keeper.

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Media reviews Keene, the mother of a leukemia survivor, and nurse practitioners
specializing in pediatric oncology here explain the long-term
challenges that patients will face. They discuss issues such as
growth problems, fertility, discrimination in the workplace and
in obtaining insurance, and the emotional aspects of surviving
cancer. This is a very useful book for both survivors and their
families.
--Library Journal

"This extraordinary book speaks to all ages as it describes the world of childhood cancer and provides information vitally needed by survivors, families, and medical teams. In an easy-to-read and well-organized format, the book is packed with facts about the emotional upheavals and drastic changes in both mental and physical health of young patients during treatment and long after the cancer has been cured." --Surviving: A Cancer Patient Magazine, Stanford Hospital and Clinics

#5 in Library Journal's list of Best Consumer Health Books of 2000

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