Not a Member? Sign Up Here. The Group has been very active in the last 12 months or so. We have:. For more information, please check out the public and members only sections of the IPOS website. Cancer survivorship care has been defined in different ways, ranging from the moment of diagnosis, to primarily focusing on post-treatment survivorship care.
Our current focus will be on survivorship issues in the post-treatment phase of the cancer trajectory. Therefore, cancer survivorship care focuses on the health and well-being of people with cancer after they have completed their initial cancer treatment.
Below, we provide an overview of the most common survivorship challenges, information on current clinical practice in different parts of the world, together with links to relevant research being carried out by IPOS members.
We strive to continually update this information and welcome contributions regarding the practice and research of cancer survivorship in your country. Cancer survivors commonly experience fatigue, related to their cancer diagnoses as well as the long-term and side effects of cancer treatment.
Virtually every modality used to treat cancer may cause fatigue, as can complications of the disease such as sleep disturbances, infections, malnutrition, hypothyroidism, and anemia. It is important to note that fatigue related to cancer is different from that healthy people feel, as characterized by cancer-related fatigue often cannot be completely relieved by sleep and relief.
