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Adaptation in the Face of Advanced Cancer

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Handbook of Cancer Survivorship

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Scientific understanding of cancer as a physical and psychological challenge to those affected by it has progressed markedly in the last few decades. Medical advances have improved the prognosis for many cancers, allowing individuals to live longer with active advanced-stage disease. Individuals living with advanced cancer (AC) are receiving increased empirical attention, as this growing population faces adaptive challenges that are quite different from those of survivors of early-stage disease.

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Low, C.A., Beran, T., Stanton, A.L. (2007). Adaptation in the Face of Advanced Cancer. In: Feuerstein, M. (eds) Handbook of Cancer Survivorship. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-34562-8_12

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