The complexity of cancer survivorship: a case for personalized medicine. Report of the 2014 Grandangolo conference

This article reviews the Grandangolo conference on cancer survivorship and highlights the major findings. These include the improvement in survivorship, and the emergence of survivorship related syndromes, such as new neoplasms, cardiomyopathy, neutorpathy fatigue and memory loss. Emotional disorders may include the Lazarus’ Syndrome and the post-traumatic stress disorder. An open question is whether we should have specialists of survivorship or primary care physicians or oncologists could fulfill this role.
Source: Journal of Medicine and the Person - Category: Global & Universal Source Type: research