Cancer Care Network panel discusses survival

[Guest guest]

NCCN 2009: Cancer Survivorship Takes Center Stage

" As a cancer patient, you need a physician who has time and information and

respect for you - not just on the celebratory day that your treatment is over,

but in the years ahead when the sword of Damocles still hangs over your head, "

said , a breast cancer survivor and wife of Senator

(D-South Carolina).

" A diagnosis of cancer is a trauma, but medical professionals are not trained to

treat it that way, " said Ellen L. Stovall, from the National Coalition for

Cancer Survivorship. " We need to be respected, loved, and cared for, " she said.

The entire article can be found here: http://tinyurl.com/ck4u97

Blessings and good reading,

Lottie