National Cancer Survivors Day: Smilow Cancer Hospital's Virtual Celebration 2021 Kick-Off

June 04, 2021

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Dr. Tara Sanft, Javin Brita, PA-C, and Heather Studwell, MS, OTR/L, CLT-LANA, kick-off Smilow Cancer Hospital's Virtual National Cancer Survivors Day Celebration!

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00:00Welcome everyone to our second annual
00:05virtual National Cancer Survivors Day.
00:09I'm doctor Terra samt I'm the director
00:12of the survivorship program an it
00:14is my honor to be here with you
00:17tonight to kick off our National
00:19Cancer survivors month. Really,
00:21with our little opening ceremony tonight.
00:25I'd like to just first start by
00:27thanking Jeff and Britta and Heather
00:29said well for being with us tonight.
00:31These two powerhouses have helped make
00:34sure that we have an action packed event
00:38lined up every week for the next month
00:42that we're going to call survivors month.
00:44And I'd also like to mention that we
00:47have a very large cancer survivors
00:49network across smilow cancer network.
00:52Annual be seeing lots of content featuring.
00:55All of these providers,
00:57and hopefully people that you recognize.
00:59Javen
01:01thanks Doctor Sam to appreciate that.
01:03And yes, everyone welcome to our
01:05virtual celebration as we celebrate
01:08National Cancer Survivors Day,
01:10not just for the day but for the whole
01:13month of June throughout our SMILOW network
01:16in our survivorship network here at Yale,
01:19we are happy and have the privilege
01:21of hosting our celebratory montholon
01:23virtual event with lots of content
01:26on our celebrations website.
01:28We know there are many questions and
01:30unique concerns that people have when
01:31they see us in the survivorship clinic,
01:33and many of these may be from what
01:36they've read online or friends or
01:39saw on TV for various reasons.
01:41Part of what we aim to do is help clear up
01:44some of those misconceptions that do exist.
01:47So this year,
01:48one overarching focus for events
01:50will be mythbusting some of the
01:53misleading information that exists on
01:55topics of cancer survivorship care.
01:58So we're going to be having
02:00themed weeks each week of June,
02:02starting this coming week for
02:05National Cancer Survivors Day today,
02:08June 6 and throughout the rest of the month.
02:12Anne, For more information on that,
02:14I'm going to pass it along
02:16to Heather Studwell,
02:17who's been a crucial part of
02:19pulling this event together,
02:20and I'll let her introduce
02:21herself and take it away.
02:25Thanks Devin, so starting.
02:30This week today actually starts
02:33the beginning of the week.
02:35We're going to launch our monthly smilow
02:39shares lecture series on survivorship.
02:43Smilow shares is an on line
02:45educational series that we began
02:47hosting in September of 2020 for
02:49patients in the community via zoom.
02:52There are subject focus focus
02:54programs with experts from around
02:57aryel networks and their hosted.
03:00Every Tuesday by our local smilow centers and
03:05then professionals from our main hospital.
03:08So we thought what we would do is
03:11use that platform to talk about some
03:14of the more prominent survivorship
03:16issues and challenges that are
03:19survivorship patients face.
03:21So starting this week on Tuesday,
03:23that will be our first week
03:26theme is exercise and strength.
03:28That will be June 8th, Tuesday at 7:00 PM.
03:32Our second week.
03:34Will be themed sexuality,
03:36intimacy and menopause.
03:38And that's my loecher series is again
03:42Tuesday but June 15th at 7:00 PM.
03:45Then the following week,
03:48we're focusing on supplements and nutrition.
03:51That one will be on Tuesday,
03:52June 20 seconds.
03:53And then the 4th and final week
03:56will be themed holistic coping
03:58strategies for cancer survivors,
04:00and each of those nights Tuesday at 7:00 PM.
04:04For each of those.
04:07Each of those lectures will have
04:10expert presenters and panelists.
04:11You can log in, listen to the lecture,
04:14and then they'll live.
04:15Answer your questions that you
04:17can type into your zoom chat.
04:19So,
04:19to register for those events
04:21and get the zoom links,
04:23you're going to visit our
04:26yalecancercenter.org/survivorship web page
04:28and the registration link will be there.
04:31In addition, each of those weeks
04:33will be highlighting professionals
04:35from around our network at our
04:38various smilow cancer care sites.
04:40Will be doing lots of just
04:42little in prompting videos.
04:43Well wishes, so just stay tuned.
04:46Follow that website
04:49youknowcancercenter.org/survivorship
04:50and you'll be able to follow
04:52along as the weeks progress.
04:57Thanks, Heather.
04:58We're really looking forward to this.
05:00We're very much excited to talk about
05:03myths as they relate to various issues
05:06across the survivorship spectrum.
05:08And I'll just leave you with one myth.
05:11That is that patients with the history
05:14of cancer must meet a certain length of
05:17time criteria to be called a survivor.
05:19That is a myth.
05:21The truth is, anyone with a history of
05:24cancer is considered a cancer survivor.
05:26From the time of diagnosis.
05:27Through the balance of his or her life.
05:30But I'd also like to say that not
05:32every person with a history of cancer
05:34identifies with the word survivor,
05:36and so I think it's just important
05:37to kick off survivorship month,
05:39acknowledging that an an if that
05:41term doesn't resonate with you,
05:43that's OK.
05:43These are meant to be inclusive seminars
05:47and videos and pieces of information.
05:50Just saying thank you to all of you
05:52for choosing smile for your care.
05:55And with that I think will kick it off.
06:00Well, I'm very excited for it too.
06:04Happy Cancer National Cancer Survivors
06:06day and survivors month for us from all
06:10of us here at Smilow and
06:12the survivorship network.
06:15Everybody, everyone.