SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS RADIO) – June 6th is National Cancer Survivor Awareness Day, a day intended to celebrate and raise awareness about the challenges that people with a history of cancer face.
“I’d like to just take a moment to define what … cancer survivorship is,” said nurse practitioner Angela Laffan, who is the clinical lead for UCSF’s Cancer Survivorship and Wellness Institute.
A cancer survivor may be someone who has beaten a cancer diagnosis or someone who is living with cancer as a chronic illness. Some people may not even identify themselves with the term cancer survivor, Laffan told KCBS’ Bret Burkhart on this week’s episode of As Prescribed. “A cancer survivor [might be] someone who has cancer and has finished treatment or it might be somebody who has cancer and needs ongoing treatment,” she explained…