Quality of life of long-term survivors of leukemia and lymphoma

This study examined quality of life among long-term survivors of leukemia a nd lymphoma. Analyses of data collected from a standardized instrument desi gned specifically for cancer survivors and from in-depth face-to-face inter views suggest that long-term survivors experience positive outcomes as a re sult of their cancer experience along with long-term physical and psychosoc ial sequelae. The author concludes that quality-of-life outcomes partially may be a function of the cognitive frame or meaning that survivors attribut e to their experience. Ensuring adequate care and attention to the needs of long-term survivors requires an understanding of the effects of disease on quality of life as well as the varied ways in which long-term survivors ad apt and live the remainder of their lives.