L18: Cancer Survivorship Flashcards
What are the 4 main common cancers
Breast
Prostate
Bowel
Lung
What has happened to the number of cancer survivors overtime
Increased overtime
Which gender has more cancer survivors
Females
What has happened to the survival rates of childhood cancer
Increased
What is the most common cause of death at first 5 years of childhood cancer
Recurrence of the cancer
What is the commonest cause of death after surviving childhood cancer for more than 45+ years
Secondary primary cancer
What happens to the risk of colorectal cancer of childhood survivors that receive direct abdominal pelvic radiation as treatment
Increases
What is the likelihood of childhood cancer survivors being a regular smoker
Half compared to the general population
What is the educational attainment of childhood survivors like compared to the general population
Performance is worse
What type of childhood cancer performed the worst in education
CNS neoplasms
Leukaemia
Which type of childhood cancer performed better than expected
Bone sarcoma survivor
Retinoblastoma
What are the limitation in daily activity such as bathing and dressing like in patients of childhood survivors compared to the general population
Increased - more with CNS and bone tumours
What does the results of childhood cancer survivors suggest for clinical and policy implications
- counselling and education, empowering survivors
- provide clinical follow up guidelines
- prepare survivorship care plans
- provide education to HCP
- evaluate risk and benefits for future treatment protocols i.e direct abdominopelvic radiation is not considered for colorectal cancer and colonoscopy is
- identify low risk groups for discharge from hospital follow up
