June 7 is National Cancer Survivors Day
National Cancer Survivors Day
Sunday,
June 7, 2015, is the 28th Annual National Cancer Survivors Day,
created by the National Cancer Survivors Day Foundation. Communities all over
the world will be celebrating life and raising awareness of the issues of cancer
survivorship. This day offers an opportunity for all people living with a
history of cancer – including America’s more than 14 million cancer survivors –
to connect with each other, celebrate milestones and those who have supported
them along their journey. It is also a time to reveal the ongoing challenges of
cancer survivorship to show the need for more resources, research and
survivorship legislation to improve each cancer survivor's quality of life.
After
cancer treatment, it is important that survivors start follow-up care to
develop a wellness plan that includes ways a patient can take care of their
physical, emotional, social and spiritual needs. Many cancer survivors find
that after treatment is a good time to make general lifestyle choices, as well
as find a trusted therapist or counseling program that helps a patient cope
with how cancer has affected their lives mentally.
Why UAB?
UAB’s Supportive
Care and Survivorship Clinic specializes in long-term/follow-up care after
cancer. This clinic is dedicated to
planning for your survivorship and helping you make it through treatment as a
whole person the day you are diagnosed. Our team includes doctors, physician
assistants and nurses who have expertise in pain and symptom management,
psychologists, therapists, dieticians, massage therapists, movement therapists
and others. Services include:
·
Couples
Counseling
·
Faith
or Spiritual Counseling
·
Family
Support Programs
·
Genetic
Counseling
·
Home
Care Services
·
Individual
Counseling
·
Nutritionist/Dietitian
Consulting
·
Occupational
Therapy
The
Childhood Cancer Survivorship Program focuses its research efforts on an
improved understanding of the unique needs of childhood cancer survivors. UAB
was one of the first 10 institutions nationwide to focus on childhood cancer
survivorship as an initial participant in the National Cancer Institute funded Childhood Cancer Survivor Study. The Taking on Life After Cancer (TLC) Clinic
focuses on improving the health and well-being of childhood cancer survivors,
and is the only clinic of its kind in Alabama.
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