Lecture to Discuss Coping After Cancer Treatment
NOTE: A list of sites where the lecture will be available by video conference follows this release.
After Cancer Treatment, Then What? is the topic of the next Cancer Answers lecture Tuesday, Oct. 5.
The Cancer Care Nova Scotia-hosted event will be held from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. in the Royal Bank Lecture, Halifax Infirmary and available by video conference at 16 sites across the province.
It is part of the Cancer Answers lecture series, designed to provide Nova Scotians with quality cancer information. The lecture will be presented by Tom McNeil, social worker at the Cape Breton Cancer Centre.
"For many who have had cancer, thinking about and dealing with cancer does not end at the completion of treatment," said Mr. McNeil. "There is often a lot of unfinished business. For some, it could be dealing with secondary health issues that have resulted from either the treatment or the disease itself; it could be a financial concern; it could be an emotional or spiritual concern."
Mr. MacNeil said a cancer experience generally changes a person, but that change is not always negative. During the lecture, he will discuss some of these changes and the challenges of returning to normal living after cancer treatment.
Cancer Care Nova Scotia, a program of the Department of Health, was created in 1998 to facilitate quality cancer prevention and care for all Nova Scotians. Through Cancer Patient Navigation, health professional education, and standards and guideline development, Cancer Care Nova Scotia supports health professionals in providing patients with high quality care.
Its work with other organizations raises awareness about the importance of healthy lifestyles to reduce cancer risk, and its screening programs educate Nova Scotians about healthy lifestyles and available testing such as Pap tests for cervical cancer and the Home Screening Kit for colon cancer. The goal is to find cancer earlier and treat it better.
The lecture will be available by video conference at these sites:
- Aberdeen Hospital, New Glasgow
- Cape Breton Regional Hospital, Sydney
- Colchester Regional Hospital, Truro
- Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre, Amherst
- Guysborough Memorial Hospital, Guysborough
- Hants Community Hospital, Windsor
- Lillian Fraser Memorial Hospital, Tatamagouche
- Roseway Hospital, Shelburne
- St. Martha's Regional Hospital, Antigonish
- St. Mary's Memorial Hospital, Sherbrooke
- Strait Richmond Hospital, Evanston
- Soldiers Memorial Hospital, Middleton
- South Shore Regional Hospital, Bridgewater
- Valley Regional Hospital, Kentville
- Victoria County Memorial Hospital, Baddeck
- Yarmouth Regional Hospital, Yarmouth