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Dana-Farber also provides supportive information and services for caring for yourself after cancer. 

Read more about these topics:

• Medical Care after Treatment
• Support Services for Cancer Survivors
• Developing a Wellness Plan
• Your Body after Treatment
• Your Emotions after Treatment
• Joining a Support Group
• Finding Meaning
• Social Relationships
• Resources for Cancer Survivors 

Related Pages:

Insight Blog

Survivorship Clinic

The Zakim Center for Integrative Therapies and Healthy Living

Volunteer Opportunities

Cancer Survivorship Care

In this video, Ann Partridge, MD, MPH, director of both the Young and Strong and Adult Survivorship Programs, speaks about issues that survivors face and ways to promote healthy survivorship. 

Facing Forward 

In this webcast, Julie Salinger, MSW, LICSW and Ashley Boyd, MSW, LICSW discuss tools to manage physical and emotional symptoms after cancer.  They also discuss other coping techniques, body image and sexual health. ​

Tips for Managing Symptoms
For specific information related to the management of symptoms and side effects due to breast cancer treatment, or how to better support and engage your body, check out the following pages found under the Life with Cancer section. 

• Menopause and menopausal symptoms
• Sex and intimacy
• Lymphedema
• Information sheets about managing other symptoms 
• Nutrition
• Physical Activity
• Style and Comfort
• Health and wellness tip sheets

Highlighted Webcast:

Managing Menopausal Symptoms for Breast Cancer Survivors

In this webcast, Ann Partridge, MD, MPH, founder and director of Young and Strong, Sandy Falk, MD, director of Gynecology, and Carie Capossela, breast cancer survivor and patient advocate discuss menopausal symptoms in breast cancer survivors.

The Massachusetts Department of Public Health also has a wellness guide for cancer survivors to help you prepare for the journey ahead and improve the quality of your life. This guide is also available in Spanish.