Joanna Metzner-Sadurski, Medical Doctor at Self Regional Healthcare and Executive Director of Oncology101.org, shared a post on LinkedIn:
“Cancer survivorship begins at diagnosis – not after treatment ends.
Today, more patients are living longer with and beyond cancer. But survivorship is about far more than simply counting years. Patients do not just want to survive. They want to thrive.
They want the strength to return to work, spend time with family, travel, exercise, regain independence, and feel like themselves again. They want support for the physical, emotional, cognitive, financial, and social challenges that can continue long after treatment.
As cancer increasingly becomes a chronic disease for many patients, survivorship care must become an essential part of oncology from the very beginning -integrated alongside treatment, rehabilitation, symptom management, nutrition, exercise, mental health, and patient education.
In community oncology, especially in rural communities, bringing comprehensive survivorship care closer to home matters.
Because the goal is not only a longer life.
The goal is a better life. Thank you, Dr. Muna Al-Khaifi, for talking about it.
Thankful for my colleague Ruiling Yuan for building survivorship clinic in our region.”
Quoting OncoDaily‘s post:
“A New Perspective on Cancer Survivorship Care.”
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