Cancer Survivorship

At MUSC Hollings Cancer Center, we recognize that a diagnosis of cancer impacts every aspect of life. The transition from getting you healthy through active cancer treatment to keeping you healthy through post-treatment care is critical to your long-term health.

With an aging population and advances in cancer treatment, the number of cancer survivors has increased dramatically in recent years and is projected to increase from 18 million to more than 22 million by 2030. While improvement in the rates of overall cancer survival is very encouraging, survivors may face physical, emotional, social, spiritual, or financial challenges because of their diagnosis and treatment.

Educational Resources

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Multimedia

Our Hollings Cross Talk video series and Cancer Chat podcast offer inspiration and insight about patients and programs at Hollings. In this Cancer Chat episode, Janis Newton, director of the MUSC Wellness Center, discusses the Survivors' Fit Club with participant and breast cancer survivor Leslie DeMark.

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Caring for yourself

A cancer diagnosis can leave you feeling scared and uncertain. To help you navigate the ups and downs of treatment, it's important to practice good self-care, like setting aside time to breathe and relax and including exercise in your daily routine.

No one beats cancer on their own, so remember it is always OK to ask for help. Our Comfort Corner also offers resources, tips and inspiration to assist you and your caregivers in navigating your cancer journey.

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Survivorship Research

The Survivorship and Cancer Outcomes Research (SCOR) Initiative at Hollings brings together cancer researchers with a diverse range of specialties in order to improve clinical care and quality of life for cancer survivors and their caregivers.

More about SCOR

Meet our survivors

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HIPEC Hope

A specialized chemotherapy treatment allowed a retired art teacher to continue with her love of painting, despite a rare cancer diagnosis.

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CAR-T Therapy

CAR-T-cell therapy has given one lymphoma survivor another chance to see the world with his wife.

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Esophageal Cancer

After esophageal cancer treatment, Huger man is grateful for time with his family.

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Robotic Lung Surgery

Debbie Grenier dreaded surgery. She still has major scars from a surgery 45 years ago. So she was astonished at her experience undergoing robotic lung surgery.

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Multiple Myeloma

Dr. Hamza Hashmi hopes an immunotherapy drug in clinical trials will one day lead to a cancer cure. For now, it's enough to help one woman lead a normal life.

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Cancer Collaboration

Adult and pediatric doctors pooled their expertise to ensure a young patient would have few physical reminders of an extraordinary lung cancer surgery.

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Young Cancer Survivor

For Hannah Neimy, there's no better place to learn to be a doctor than the place where she was treated for Hodgkin lymphoma.

Colon Cancer

No one thought Ebony Holmes' symptoms could be cancer. Unfortunately, she's part of the trend of younger adults being diagnosed with colon cancer.

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Symptoms Add Up

In retrospect, Adriel Nutter sees that she was sick long before her colorectal cancer diagnosis. But as a young adult, this cancer wasn't on her radar.

Survivorship News

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Cancer & Body Image

Head and neck cancer survivors often deal with body-image distress. A new cognitive behavioral therapy focused on their unique needs looks promising.

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Cancer Survivorship

A new initiative at MUSC Hollings Cancer Center aims to improve survivorship care for cancer patients.

Yogic Breathing

A Hollings researcher is investigating how yogic breathing may help cancer patients’ quality of life and health.