Simple steps you can make today towards improving outcomes for cancer survivors in your practice.

Strong and consistent evidence has demonstrated poorer outcomes in individuals who smoked before a cancer diagnosis and in those who continue to smoke.1 Preventing cancer survivors from starting or returning to smoking and helping others to quit is increasingly important.

Australian Cancer Survivorship Centre: Chapter 1 - Reactions to finishing treatment

This resource has been designed to support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Isalnder Health Workers and Health Practitioners to conduct an Our Lungs, Our Mob workshop for community members. The workshop aims to increase awareness of the symptoms of lung cancer and the benefits of early diagnosis.

Late effects of cancer treatment are those that are ‘absent or subclinical at the end of therapy and … appear months to years after the completion of treatment’ (Aziz 2007: 55). They are different from long-term effects, which begin during and continue after treatment. Some effects, such as lymphoedema, fatigue, cognitive problems and peripheral neuropathy, are classified by some researchers as late effects and by others as long-term effects.

Just Take it Day to Day video, Peter Mac

Persistent fatigue can decrease a cancer survivor’s participation in activities that make their lives meaningful and is often associated with increased levels of emotional distress.

Exercise can hasten recovery from the immediate effects of cancer treatment, prevent long-term effects, and may reduce the risk of recurrence and increase survival.