BookGretchen G. Kimmick, Rebecca A. Shelby, Linda M. Sutton, editors.
Summary: This book provides a clinically useful resource for evaluation and management of the symptoms and issues that burden survivors of breast cancer. Improvements to breast cancer screening and treatment have resulted in more patients than ever before having been cured after local definitive and systemic therapies. Primary care providers and specialists must be increasingly familiar with the issues that breast cancer survivors routinely face. This is the first book to provide a single resource for common issues faced by breast cancer survivors from a truly multidisciplinary perspective; each chapter of this text is coauthored by at least one oncologist and one specialist outside the field of oncology in order to include the perspectives of relevant disciplines. User-friendly and clinically applicable to all specialties, individual chapters also include tables and figures that describe how best to conduct initial evaluation of the given symptom as well as an algorithm, where applicable, outlining the optimal management approach. Common Issues in Breast Cancer Survivors: A Practical Guide to Evaluation and Management empowers non-cancer specialists and practitioners who care for breast cancer survivors to address common issues that impact patient quality of life.
Contents:
Overview of the National and International Guidelines for Care of Breast Cancer Survivors
Breast Imaging in Breast Cancer Survivors: Screening for New Breast Cancers and for Cancer Recurrence
Hot Flashes
Management of Genital Symptoms in Breast Cancer Survivors
Sexual and Reproductive Health Concerns in Breast Cancer Survivors
Arthralgias
Persistent Breast Pain (PBP)
Common Issues in Breast Cancer Survivors A Practical Guide to Evaluation and Management of Neuropathy
Cancer-related Cognitive Impairment
Cancer-Related Fatigue
Sleep Issues and Insomnia
Depressive and Anxiety Symptoms and Disorders in Women with Breast Cancer
Obesity, Weight Gain and Weight Management in Women with Early Breast Cancer
Breast Cancer-Related Lymphedema and Shoulder Impairments Physical Therapy and Plastic Surgery
Bone Loss in Breast Cancer Survivors
Cardiovascular Health in Breast Cancer Survivors
Diabetes and Breast Cancer
Hair Loss in Breast Cancer Survivors
Skin Reactions Associated with Breast Cancer Treatment
Hereditary Cancer Counseling and Germline Genetic Testing
Common Considerations in Male Breast Cancer Survivors: A Practical Guide to Evaluation and Management.