Cancer Prevention, Treatment, and Survivorship
A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 February 2023) | Viewed by 1953
Special Issue Editors
Interests: cancer rehabilitation (adult and pediatric); development of workforce for rehabilitation services; cancer biology; exercise physiology; metabolism
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Cancer is the leading cause of death worldwide and it affects both adults and children. According to the World Health Organization, cancer accounted for ~10 million deaths in 2020. The cause of cancer can be related to the environment (physical factors, such as ultraviolent and ionizing radiation; chemical factors such as asbestos) or can be biological in nature (i.e., virus-related). Risk factors that increase cancer risk include tobacco use, unhealthy diet, physical inactivity, and air pollution. Early detection through screening and diagnostic tools, and appropriate treatment has helped to reduce cancer mortality. However, cancer remains a leading cause of death.
Those exposed to cancer treatment (such as chemotherapy, radiation, and surgery) will likely have side effects (fatigue, reduced cardiovascular health, and cachexia) and late effects (cancer-related fatigue, chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy, lymphedema, and reduced bone health). Furthermore, diagnosis itself may be associated with psychosocial effects such as depression, anxiety, insomnia. With increasing survival rates, improved survivorship care is a priority.
The development of comprehensive understanding of best practices for cancer prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and survivorship requires multi-faceted research and innovative solutions to improve the cancer patient’s journey. This Special Issue of the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH) welcomes original reports, reviews, and case reports which highlight:
- Methods to increase early detection and/or ways to provide access to screening resources for both pediatric and adult populations (i.e., policies, programs designed to facilitate screening, new detection strategies);
- Novel approaches for cancer prevention through lifestyle/behavior modification (i.e., exercise/physical activity, social connectedness/mindfulness, cessation of risky behavior) or improved environments;
- Novel treatments that can be used to treat adult and pediatric cancers;
- Research that addresses survivorship care in pediatric and adult populations, as well as methods to improve health (physical, psychosocial, and academic and motor skill development (for the pediatric population));
- Novel approaches to improving the (pediatric/adult) cancer patient journey from diagnosis, treatment and through survivorship (time from the last cancer treatment through adulthood).
Dr. Paulette M. Yamada Tamashiro
Dr. Erin O'Carroll Bantum
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- health inequalities
- health behavior change programs
- community survivorship programs
- hospital-based survivorship programs
- cancer prevention
- cancer treatment
- pediatric cancer
- adult cancer
