Lifestyle recommendations provided by Oncologists in Cancer patients and survivorship in Lebanon

ABSTRACT

Context Smoking, unhealthy diet, physical inactivity, high alcohol intake and obesity have all been considered as cancer risk factors, and directly related to an increase in cancer recurrence and mortality, in cancer survivors and more so, it affects morbidity and mortality in cancer patients. That resulted in an increased interest in the role of lifestyle recommendations to improve long-term cancer outcome among cancer survivors. This study was conducted to evaluate Lebanese oncologists' position regarding lifestyle changes