(Dr. Stephen Curley) Cancer Diagnosis Treatment Plan

CJ Liu interviews Dr. Stephen Curley. What kinds of cancers are easier to treat if detected earlier? What are tests you can take? Which cancers are genetic and which are environmental? What questions you should ask your doctor about a treatment plan? How can your lifestyle be affected with treatment? How does age and health play into your decision on a treatment plan? What are options if you elect to do nothing?

All Cancer Treatment Plans Have These Three Parts

• Treatment Care Plan – This plan should be discussed before you begin treatment and can help guide you as you talk with your doctor about what is important to you and any concerns you may have.  It will help you talk about treatment options and possible side effects.  The treatment plan can be shared with other doctors you might see for your cancer treatment or for any other health care needs.
• Treatment Summary – The treatment summary should be provided once you transition off of active treatment and can be shared with other doctors and health care providers.  It provides a list of medicines you are taking, describes any ongoing issues that need to be addressed, and describes the cancer care you received.
• Follow-up Survivorship Care Plan – This plan will help map out your follow-up care when you have completed treatment.  Cancer survivors need to be monitored for the rest of their lives and have different health care needs than before they were diagnosed.  The Follow-Up Survivorship Care Plan helps to ensure that you and all of the members of your health care team know what follow-up is needed, when it is needed, and who you should see for that care.

More on Dr. Stephen Curley

Dr. Stephen Curley specializes in providing surgical care for patients with hepatobiliary, gastrointestinal, neuroendocrine, and pancreatic malignancies. He participates actively in multidisciplinary planning and treatment of cancer patients. Currently,he is Professor, Chief of Surgical Oncology, and Cancer Center Associate Director at the National Cancer Institute-designated Dan L. Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center at the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas.

https://www.drstevenacurley.com/

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• Types of Cancer Treatment – National Cancer Institute https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/treatment/types
• How Cancer is Treated | Cancer.Net https://www.cancer.net/navigating-cancer-care/how-cancer-treated
• Making Decisions About Cancer Treatment | Cancer.Net https://www.cancer.net/navigating-cancer-care/how-cancer-treated/making-decisions-about-cancer-treatment
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