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Cancer self-management aims to minimize the physical and psychosocial suffering that people can experience due to cancer and its treatment. The self-management of cancer is important in light of changes to the cancer-care system that rely on the affected person to administer and follow treatments (e.g., chemotherapy) and to initiate changes to lifestyle (e.g., physical activity) or health behavior (e.g., smoking cessation) to maximize treatment benefits and prevent complications or recurrence. This chapter highlights distinctions between chronic medical conditions and cancer. It describes the essential elements of self-management programs and the application of self-management skills to the problems introduced by cancer. It reviews and critiques the cancer self-management literature in relation to four categories of self-management targets and offers suggestions for future research. |
