Survivorship Program
Your Cancer Journey Continues after Treatment
Cancer affects every part of your life. The experience has physical, mental, emotional, social and financial effects that don't go away once your treatment has ended.
At the UNM Cancer Center, we developed our Survivorship program with our patients in mind. Our goal is to get you back to the things you love. That means helping you, your caregivers, and your primary care team through the transition from patient to survivor.
Resources for Survivors
Albuquerque Senior Centers Hiking groups
Enjoy the natural beauty of the mountains and deserts of New Mexico with our volunteer hike leaders and van drivers to show you the way. We offer day hikes several times a week, in the company of friendly fellow-hikers who are ready to share their enthusiasm and knowledge of the area.
AllTrails
Trail Guides & Maps for Hiking, Camping, and Running
Search over 400,000 trails with trail info, maps, detailed reviews, and photos curated by millions of hikers, campers, and nature lovers.
Moving Through Cancer
The mission of Moving Through Cancer is to assure that all people living with and beyond cancer are assessed, advised, referred to and engaged in appropriate exercise and rehabilitation programming.
https://www.exerciseismedicine.org/eim-in-action/moving-through-cancer/
Prescription Trails - New Mexico
The New Mexico Prescription Trails web site will help you find some of the best park and trail walking and wheelchair rolling paths around the state.
https://prescriptiontrails.org/
Running Medicine
Running Medicine is based on the understanding that running and exercise is a beautiful and potent medicine for mind, body, and spirit.
Sierra Club Rio Grande Chapter
Learn about the Rio Grande Chapter of the Sierra Club’s upcoming outings around New Mexico and West Texas and find out how you can participate.
https://www.riograndesierraclub.org/outings/
Step into Cuba
Step Into Cuba is a program to promote physical activity through development of sidewalks, paths, trails, social support, and opportunities for lifestyle change. We provide recreational trail information, a community calendar, news blog and video series.
Your Survivorship Care Plan
Once you complete your treatment, we will work with you and your primary care provider to make the change back to your life as smooth as possible.
Your care plan may include some or all of the following:
- follow-up appointments to check for late side effects from treatment
- psychological and nutrition counseling
- social work and financial support
Our Four-Pronged Approach
Prevention can include guidance on how to modify diets and exercise regimens and includes appropriate screenings. Learn more about community resources.
Our survivorship team works to ensure patients have follow-up visits with their oncologists and other treatment providers at regular intervals to catch and react early to any relapse that might occur.
Our team works to identify, assess, and help manage the short- and long-term side effects of cancer and its treatments.
Your survivorship plans are built to identify and encourage communication and collaboration among your cancer treatment, primary care and other providers. Our goal is to help you transition from patient to survivor and we honor everyone who has made this journey.
Our Survivorship Program
To provide a survivorship program directed at meeting the needs of cancer survivors at the UNM Comprehensive Cancer Center treated with curative intent and who have completed primary or adjuvant treatment.
That all people who receive cancer care at the UNM Comprehensive Cancer Center receive the care and support they need to maintain their quality of life throughout the entire trajectory of cancer.
To improve the quality of life of cancer survivors at the UNM Comprehensive Cancer Center due to cancer and cancer treatments by focusing on the importance of improving functioning and helping survivors achieve optimal health and well-being by:
- Providing evidence-based information, resources and support to cancer survivors
- Increasing communication and collaboration with the survivor's primary care provider
- Offering a survivorship clinic appointment to counsel patients on health promotion issues along with disease and cancer treatment side effects meanagement.