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Cancer Rehabilitation

Concepts and Interventions

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Handbook of Health and Rehabilitation Psychology

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The number of individuals who receive cancer diagnoses continues to increase each year. In 1986, there were approximately 930 thousand new cases of cancer (Kurtz-man, Gardner, & Kellner, 1988). The estimated number of new cancer patients in 1995 is expected to be about 1,252,000 (Wingo, Tona, & Bolden, 1995). Although research data continue to show a trend of a steadily increasing number of individuals diagnosed with cancer, there has also been an increase in the number of individuals expected to survive 5 years or more. The increase in the number of cancer survivors is a result of early diagnosis and ongoing improvements in available treatment modalities (Loescher, Welch-McCaffrey, Leigh, Hoffman, & Meyskens, 1989). At this time, approximately 50% of patients diagnosed with cancer will survive at least 5 years. In contrast, in 1960, about one patient in three survived 5 years or more (Wingo et al., 1995; Ganz, 1990).

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Gilchrist, J.C., Block, B.L. (1995). Cancer Rehabilitation. In: Goreczny, A.J. (eds) Handbook of Health and Rehabilitation Psychology. Springer Series in Rehabilitation and Health. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-1028-8_22

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