Manoj Reddy, Founder and Director at Integrative Oncology Working Group, shared on LinkedIn:
“Breast cancer care should protect the life it saves.
This is the next essay in my series, Oncology’s Next Frontier.
Breast cancer treatment has achieved extraordinary gains in survival. The next frontier is designing care that also protects health, function, independence, and quality of life.
I make the case for healthspan oncology: one coordinated plan that brings cancer treatment, risk assessment, exercise, rehabilitation, nutrition, and metabolic care together proactively from diagnosis.
My perspective is shaped by more than 20 years in oncology, training across integrative, obesity, and longevity medicine, and the community of 3,200+ oncology professionals across 78 countries I convene through the Integrative Oncology Working Group.
As a Material Change Institute Fellow and member of Springboard Enterprises’ inaugural Longevity Council, I am also interested in the founders and organizations building solutions that improve cancer care today while protecting health over the years that follow.
The article draws on more than 50 references. I am especially grateful to Dr. Jennifer Ligibel, Dr. Kerry S. Courneya, Dr. Hanna van Waart, Dr. Sheila H. Ridner, Dr. Ting Bao, Catherine M. Alfano, Dr. Brigid M. Lynch, Ana Barac, and the many investigators whose work made this article possible.
With appreciation as well to American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), the American Cancer Society, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, the Society for Integrative Oncology, the University of Alberta, Vanderbilt University School of Nursing, Cancer Council Victoria, and Inova Health Schar Cancer Institute, and many other institutions for advancing this work.
Read ‘Breast Cancer’s Next Frontier: Designing Care for Healthspan‘:
Disclaimer: Educational content only; not medical advice. Views are my own and do not represent the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs or the U.S. government.”
Breast Cancer’s Next Frontier- healthspan oncology
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