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Cancer remains a prevalent health concern. It’s estimated that almost 2 million people are newly diagnosed with cancer each year. While cancer used to mean a death sentence, it is now largely considered to be a chronic illness so that people
are living longer and better than they have in the past because of new methods of cancer treatment. What is called cancer survivorship has become a major concern for both the person with cancer and their family caregivers. To learn more about cancer survivorship, HealthCetera producer and host, Dr. Diana Mason, RN, talked with Dr. Marci Lee Nilsen, RN, a registered nurse who is certified in hospice and palliative care. She is the Director of the Health and Neck Cancer Survivorship Clinic at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, the Co-lead for the UPMC Cancer Cetner’s Cancer Risk, Outcomes and Prevention Program, and Professor in the UPMC School of Medicine’s department of Otolaryngology-Health & Neck Surgery. She’s also been a Betty Irene Moore Nurse Leaders and Innovators Fellow at the UC Davis. This interview first aired on HealthCetera in the Catskills on WIOX Radio on August 19, 2026.
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