Cancer survivorship, when it comes to urologic issues, is an under-recognized and under-treated problem. To the cancer center, cancer survivorship often means a patient who has no evidence of disease (NED), and the continuing treatment plan is typically to transition care back to his or her internist, and out of the cancer center. This is an antiquated, narrow and overly focused view of the cancer survivor. Sadly, the focus of the Cancer Center is overly focused on the survival statistics and quantity of life, and ofttimes blind to the quality of life (QOL). Too commonly, QOL is not properly addressed in the precancer treatment, in the informed consent, or in the patient care plan.
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