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Caring for Patients Across the Cancer Care Continuum

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There are a number of terms that are commonly used during cancer treatment. Primary care providers should have familiarity with such terms so that they are able to have a greater understanding of the treatment plans, help their patients in decision-making, and be able to communicate with their oncology colleagues. These terms are described below.

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  1. Division of General Internal Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA

    Jenny J. Lin

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  1. Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

    Larissa Nekhlyudov

  2. Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA

    Mita Sanghavi Goel

  3. Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA

    Jenny J. Lin

  4. University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora , Aurora, CO, USA

    Linda Overholser

  5. Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA

    Kimberly S. Peairs

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Lin, J.J. (2019). Cancer Treatment. In: Nekhlyudov, L., Goel, M., Lin, J., Overholser, L., Peairs, K. (eds) Caring for Patients Across the Cancer Care Continuum. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-01896-2_5

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