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MOVING THROUGH CANCER, patient education film, debuts on World Cancer Day | ||
By: PR Newswire Association LLC. - 04 Feb 2024 | Back to overview list |
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HALF MOON BAY, Calif. and ASPEN, Colo., Feb. 4, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Moving Through Cancer, the first independently produced patient education film from the 501c3 nonprofit Fund for Sustainable Tomorrows, debuts February 4, 2024, as part of the American College of Sports Medicine's celebration of World Cancer Day. World Cancer Day is an international day dedicated to raising awareness of cancer and to encouraging its prevention, detection, and treatment. According to Aspen-based film producer Shari Annes, "Moving Through Cancer highlights a momentum-gaining global campaign to include exercise/activity as a key component of cancer therapy. More specifically, the film addresses the fact that many cancer patients and survivors are not told to be active. With decades of research and over 15,000 clinical studies detailing the positive effects of exercise on wellbeing, physical strength and resilience, it's inconceivable that individuals who have had a cancer diagnosis are not told simply to move. Importantly, the support of our donors, has made it possible for the Fund for Sustainable Tomorrows to make the 20-minute film available at no charge to any organization or individual engaged in patient education/support or any cancer patient/survivor." The film may be viewed at: https://youtu.be/vtA1R87lkv8 Featuring exercise oncology leaders across the United States, the film Moving Through Cancer details the tremendous progress that has been made in stellar programs such as the Maple Tree Cancer Alliance in Dayton Ohio, as well as by the GIFT OF LIFE in Texas, where programs address language barriers in non-English-speaking groups as well as set examples for community support groups worldwide. The film also documents WORKOUT FOR WELLNESS, a brain cancer exercise program at the University of California, San Francisco, as well as The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center's Active Living After Cancer Survivorship Program. Narrating the film is ice skating legend, Scott Hamilton, the former Olympic Gold medalist and World Champion. Hamilton is a four-time cancer survivor who, at 65 years old, still skates and says, "The bottom line is just get moving." Annes says that the film will be posted on the EIM/Moving Through Cancer webpage, as well as a new resources page on ACSM.org, also launched today for World Cancer Day with a collection of ACSM/EIM resources for cancer and exercise. It will be available on the ACSM YouTube channel, a premier health education provider. Dr. Kathryn Schmitz, founder of ACSM's Moving Through Cancer Initiative and author of the book by the same name says, "The Moving Through Cancer Initiative of the American College of Sports Medicine has a bold goal of making exercise standard of care in the setting of oncology, in keeping with guidance from multiple major medical associations, including the American College of Sports Medicine, the American Cancer Society, and the American Society of Clinical Oncology. This film will boost awareness of the robust evidence that exercise is medicine for people living with and beyond cancer." A social media campaign for World Cancer Day will enhance the visibility for the film, and underscore its availability to all cancer patients, education organizations, clinics, hospitals and other appropriate constituencies. A new ACSM-ACS Cancer Exercise Specialist online course will also feature the film, as will the ACSM's Bulletin newsletter and the ACSM Certified eNews. In parallel, the Fund for Sustainable Tomorrows will launch a web page dedicated to Moving Through Cancer and to announce its awareness campaign of the "exercise is medicine" movement. That page will provide links to resources as well as showcase several of its other patient education film programs such as Emerging From the Haze in collaboration with Cedars Sinai and the award-winning documentary Phil's Camino, a collaboration with Annie O'Neil, film director and producer. —————————————————————————————————————————————- ABOUT AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SPORTS MEDICINE (ACSM) ABOUT THE MOVING THROUGH CANCER INITIATIVE ABOUT THE MOVING THROUGH CANCER BOOK, FROM CHRONICLE BOOKS ABOUT ACTIVE LIVING AFTER CANCER ABOUT GIFT OF LIFE ABOUT MAPLE TREE CANCER ALLIANCE ABOUT SCOTT HAMILTON ABOUT WORKOUT FOR WELLNESS (WOW), UCSF BRAIN TUMOR CENTER ABOUT THE FUND FOR SUSTAINABLE TOMORROWS (FFST) For more information: View original content to download multimedia:https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/moving-through-cancer-patient-education-film-debuts-on-world-cancer-day-302052645.html SOURCE The Fund for Sustainable Tomorrows |
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