Cancer can affect everyone around you.Life after cancer treatment can prove to be a challenge for everyone in your family.It can present both physical and emotional challenges. That's why City of Hope developed the Center for Cancer Survivorship – a long-term follow-up program designed to create a bridge between cancer treatment and community medical care.The challenges can include the fear of cancer recurrence, cancer’s economic impact and work-life balance post treatment and how survivors and their families cope with the fear of cancer recurrence.Elizabeth Lynn Meyering, MD is here to discuss what cancer survivors do to promote a healthy lifestyle at home and their need for follow up care and treatment, and what families can do to help everyone through these tough times.
