As nurses caring for cancer survivors, it is important to understand that
a. Caucasians have more post-treatment symptoms than minority patients.
b. Treatment outcomes are the same regardless of ethnic background.
c. Cancer treatment is lifelong, and follow-up ensures that needs are met.
d. Many long-term cancer survivors suffer needlessly and die.
D
Despite the incredible advances made in cancer care, many long-term survivors suffer unnecessarily and die from delayed second cancer diagnoses or treatment-related chronic disease. Evidence suggests that survivors among racial and ethnic minorities and other underserved populations have more post-treatment symptoms and poorer treatment outcomes than Caucasians. Once treatment is completed, contact with a cancer care provider often stops, and survivors' needs go unnoticed or untreated.
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