More than 5% of the US population, 18.1 million people, are cancer (https://www.webmd.com/cancer/understanding-cancer-basics) survivors. Over the next decade, the number of people who have lived 5 or more years after their cancer diagnosis (https://www.webmd.com/cancer/understanding-cancer-treatment#:~:text=Some%20types%20of%20cancer%20%2D%2D,or%20when%20other%20symptoms%20develop.) is projected to increase by approximately 30%. How do we define cancer survivorship? What does cancer rehabilitation look like? And what are lifestyle prevention strategies? We spoke to Amy Comander, MD (https://www.massgeneral.org/doctors/18946/amy-comander), medical director of the Mass General Cancer Center-Waltham and director of the Breast Oncology Program at Newton-Wellesley Hospital, about her program PAVING the Path to Wellness (https://www.massgeneral.org/cancer-center/patient-and-family-resources/supportive-care/paving) in collaboration with Beth Frates, MD, the six key pillars of lifestyle medicine, how you can support (https://www.webmd.com/cancer/cancer-treatment-build-support-network)your loved one going through a cancer diagnosis, and the long-lasting power of social connection in cancer survivorship.

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