Everyday Health: Perlmutter Cancer Center Medical Oncologist Discusses Mental Health Aspects of Surviving Breast Cancer
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Treatments for breast cancer are enabling more people to live longer, but survivorship can take a toll on the person鈥檚 mental health, says Marleen I. Meyers, MD, clinical associate professor in the and director of the Survivorship Program at 麻豆国产AV Langone Health鈥檚 Perlmutter Cancer Center. Hormone therapy, for example, can lead to depression in some people with breast cancer.
鈥淚鈥檝e been an oncologist for a long time, and early on, we were just happy that people survived,鈥 Dr. Meyers tells Everyday Health. 鈥淲e didn鈥檛 really look at what their quality of life after survivorship was. I always like to say that the cancer treatment may be over, but the cancer experience is far from over.鈥
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