Helping Maine cancer survivors once they overcome the disease [Video]

JUNE IS CANCER SURVIVORSHIP MONTH. EACH YEAR, MORE THAN 9 THOUSAND ADULTS ARE NEWLY DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER IN MAINE. AND WHILE SURVIVAL RATES ARE INCREASING, A PATIENT’S JOURNEY DOES NOT END ONCE THEY HAVE OVERCOME THE DISEASE. THE EFFECT OF CANCER CAN BE LASTING. HOWEVER, CANCER SURVIVORSHIP PROGRAMS ARE HELPING PEOPLE LIVE A FULFILLING AND HAPPY LIFE AS CANCER SURVIVORS. HERE WITH US TODAY IS CIRCE (SER-SEE) DAMON, A NURSE PRACTITIONER, AND SARAH KELLY, SOCIAL WORKER, AT NORTHERN LIGHT MERCY HOSPITAL CANCER CARE. THANKS FOR JOINING US TODAY, CIRCE AND SARAH WHAT IS CANCER SURVIVORSHIP AND WHEN IS SOMEONE CONSIDERED A SURVIVOR? BY THE YEAR 2025, THEY WILL BE OVER 20,000,000 CANCER SURVIVORS. THERE HAVE BEEN MANY DEFINITIONS OF SURVIVORSHIP OVER THE YEARS BUT IN 2005 THE INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE DESCRIBED A SURVIVOR AS “AN INDIVIDUAL IS CONSIDERED TO BE A CANCER SURVIVOR FROM THE TIME OF DIAGNOSIS THROUGH THE …