Almost one -
third of breast cancer survivors experience difficulty after treatment when trying to resume previous levels of work, leisure, physical, and social activities.
Published in the Journal of Psychosocial Oncology, «Development and Initial Evaluation of a Telephone - Delivered Behavioral Activation and Problem - solving Treatment Program to Address Functional
Goals of Breast Cancer Survivors,» covers two studies looking at feasibility and potential efficacy.
A second paper published in OTJR: Occupation, Participation, and Health, titled, «A Content Analysis of Functional Recovery
Strategies of Breast Cancer Survivors,» takes a closer look at goals the study participants set for themselves and their success in achieving them.
Komen for the Cure is the world's largest grassroots
network of breast cancer survivors and activists fighting to save lives, empower people, ensure quality care for all and energize science to find the cures.
As a consequence, millions
of breast cancer survivors find themselves in a post-treatment survivorship period that is largely devoid of active measures that they can take to monitor and prevent recurrence.
Limiting alcohol intake can improve the overall
health of breast cancer survivors, according to Dr. Weiss, the author of the forthcoming book Living Beyond Breast Cancer.
However, it hasn't been clear if changing the
diet of breast cancer survivors can lower the risk of a recurrence, although curbing the body's estrogen is a cornerstone of treatment for the majority of breast cancer types.
Saturated fat also appears to have other deleterious effects such as increasing the risk of heart disease (see Blocking the First Step of Heart Disease and Tolerable Upper Intake of Zero) and shortening the
lives of breast cancer survivors (Breast Cancer Survival, Butterfat, and Chicken).
Up to 70 per
cent of breast cancer survivors report cognitive symptoms after chemotherapy and around 30 per cent have cognitive impairment on formal neuropsychological (NP) testing.
I'm a mother of two, the
sister of a breast cancer survivor, the sister - in - law of someone who died from lung cancer, and the daughter of a physio mother and GP father (who ironically has preventable lifestyle - related illnesses).
I was diagnosed more than twenty years ago, had surgery and treatment, and here I am, stronger than ever and loving having authored yet another book, this one the non-fiction Uplift: Secrets From the
Sisterhood of Breast Cancer Survivors.