Improving Outcomes for Breast Cancer Survivors

Patricia Ganz, M.D. is Professor of Health Services in the School of Public Health, Professor of Medicine in the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, and Vice Chair of the Department of Health Services. She teaches health care practices and variations and ethical issues in public health. She is also the Director of the Division of Cancer Prevention and Control Research of the Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center at UCLA and leads a large research group that applies the scientific disciplines of public health (epidemiology, health services, behavioral sciences, biostatistics) to research on the prevention, detection, treatment, and supportive care of cancer. In addition, she is associate editor of Journal of Clinical Oncology and Journal of the National Cancer Institute, and is a member of the editorial board of the Cochrane Breast Cancer Group. In 1999 she was named an American Cancer Society Clinical Research Professor and in 2007 she became a member of the Institute of Medicine. Dr. Ganz has devoted the past 25 years to the study of quality-of-life outcomes in cancer and other chronic diseases.

Introduction: Breast Cancer Survivorship Research- Where are we today?.- Special Issues in Younger Women.- Special Issues in Older Women.- Breast Cancer Among Special Populations: Disparities in Care Across the Cancer Control Continuum.- Symptoms: Fatigue and Cognitive Dysfunction.- Symptoms: Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy.- Symptoms: Aromatase Inhibitor Induced Arthralgias.- Symptoms: Lymphedema.- Symptoms: Menopause, Infertility and Sexual Health.- Host Factors and Risk of Breast Cancer Recurrence: Genetic, epigenetic and biologic factors and breast cancer outcomes.- Comorbidities and their Management: Potential Impact on Breast Cancer Outcomes.- Modifiable Lifestyle Factors and Breast Cancer Outcomes: Current Controversies and Research Recommendations.- Risk reduction from Weight management and physical activity interventions.- Prevention and Treatment of Cardiac Dysfunction in Breast Cancer Survivors.- Psychological Adjustment in Breast Cancer Survivors.- Living with metastatic breast cancer.- Quality of care, including survivorship care plans.

"This book was written to disseminate the findings of the investigative work as well as the programs of the BRCF to all those concerned - doctors involved in caring for breast cancer patients, their families and friends, and anyone who wants to learn more about this deadly disease. ... All in all, this is a highly informative book." (Nano Khilnani, Biz India Online News, bizindia.net, August, 2015)