Promoting lifestyle medicine for supportive care in cancer: MASCC endorsement of the ACLM cancer risk reduction and survivorship toolkit

Cancer survivors face cancer and treatment-related health challenges and are at increased risk of developing other chronic diseases, often leading to multimorbidity. Lifestyle medicine can reduce the risk and severity of up to 80% of these chronic diseases and are an important component of survivorship care. Healthy lifestyle habits — such as a plant-forward diet, regular exercise, and maintaining healthy weight — improve life expectancy in a general population with compelling evidence supporting the same benefits among cancer survivors. A new resource from the American College of Lifestyle Medicine (ACLM), the Lifestyle Medicine Cancer Risk Reduction and Survivorship Toolkit (LMCT), aims to overcome barriers by providing accessible, evidence-based lifestyle medicine resources for use at the point of care. To support oncology healthcare professionals and cancer survivors, MASCC has endorsed the ACLM Cancer Risk Reduction and Survivorship Toolkit. This editorial describes the LMCT and how it can be a resource for cancer supportive care.