Alejandra Mendez, Vice President of Childhood Cancer International, shared a post on LinkedIn:
“Happy to see this article published today in OncoDaily.
Thank you, Mariam Harutyunyan, for bringing my voice forward so clearly, and for helping make visible a reality that is still so difficult, complex, and often invisible.
Thank you also for so clearly capturing our discussion on topics such as oncofertility, financial toxicity, scanxiety, the invisible toll of long-term toxicities, and the crucial role that lived experience plays throughout this process.
The article explores the physical, emotional, and systemic challenges that begin when active cancer treatment ends – and the many unanswered questions survivors and families face after treatment.
Survivorship care also faces a steep battle against financial toxicity and systemic barriers, which too often lead to treatment abandonment in low- and middle-income countries.
This piece is a call for a global shift in how we define success in oncology: moving beyond survival rates, and ensuring that every patient has the chance to return to a full, healthy, and dignified life.
Because cancer care should not end when treatment ends.”
“What happens after the bell rings? The hidden realities of cancer survivorship”
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