"Life Without Symptoms" or "Being Able to Enjoy Life": What does it Mean to be "Well" After Cancer?

Gemma Skaczkowski Sheina Orbell Carlene J Wilson

Published in: Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education (2023)

More meaningful conversations with cancer survivors about their goals for care would be facilitated by a better understanding of what it means to them to be "well". As symptoms change over the course of survivorship, it may be necessary to re-examine each survivor's goals of care.

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