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Monitoring the Physical Health of Cancer Survivors: A Survivorship-Focused Medical History

Patricia A. Ganz

From the University of California, Los Angeles, Schools of Medicine and Public Health; and Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles, CA

Address reprint requests to Patricia A. Ganz, MD, Division of Cancer Prevention & Control Research, Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, 650 Charles Young Dr South, Room A2-125 CHS, Los Angeles, CA 90095-6900; e-mail:pganz{at}ucla.edu

Cancer survivors frequently visit their primary-care physicians, as well as oncology specialists, for follow-up care. There is a need to monitor these survivors for the late physical effects of cancer, yet few health care providers have received training in how to do this. This article provides guidance on how to take a cancer survivor-directed medical history to facilitate the elicitation of relevant exposures, family history, and symptoms that may be related to the late effects of cancer therapy.

Supported in part by an American Cancer Society Clinical Research Professorship awarded to the author.

Author’s disclosures of potential conflicts of interest is found at the end of this article.

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