In this episode, host Shikha Jain, MD, speaks with Amy Comander, MD, about incorporating lifestyle changes for cancer patients, developing lifestyle pathways for survivors and more. • Welcome to another exciting episode of Oncology Overdrive :58 • About Comander 1:14 • The interview 3:40 • How do you manage to incorporate running on such a high level into your day-to-day life? 4:04 • Tell us about what lifestyle medicine is and why it is so important to include in patient care? 6:43 • How do you suggest oncologists who are interested in integrating lifestyle medicine into their treatment plans communicate these changes to their patients? 10:06 • Jain and Comander on the importance of physical activity in cancer care. 12:09 • Do you have standard recommendations you give to patients to begin incorporating physical activity and exercise to their treatment plan? 13:34 • About Comander's patient, and her Walk with Me movement. 16:13 • How do you incorporate lifestyle health into survivorship discussions after treatment? 17:12 • Jain and Comander on the evolution of medicine allowing there to be more metrics for holistic care and empowerment for patients. 19:02 • What types of clinical trials are there for lifestyle medicine? 21:19 • Comander on The Diet, Exercise, Lifestyles, and Cancer Prognosis Study (DELCaP). 21:45 • How do you talk to people who may not understand lifestyle medicine or its impact? 23:33 • Can you talk about the PAVING the Path to Wellness program? 24:54 • What is the training process for physicians looking to become a lifestyle medicine specialist? 28:40 • Is there an optimal way to incorporate these specialists in patients' day-to-day without it being a burden for them? 31:11 • If someone could only listen to the last two minutes of this episode, what would you want them to take away? 33:13 • How to contact Comander 34:26 • Thanks for listening 35:37

Amy Comander, MD, is a breast oncologist at the Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center.

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Disclosures: Jain and Comander report no relevant financial disclosures.