Table 3.

Timeline for Major Goals of the Moving Through Cancer Initiative

2020 Development of a service-costing template for all programs to be made freely available on the Moving Through Cancer website (exerciseismedicine.org/movingthroughcancer) Develop marketing materials for an awareness campaign for exercise oncology directed toward patients, caregivers, and health care professionals Assess availability of cancer exercise and rehabilitation programming across the United States

2021 Carry out awareness campaign for exercise oncology Assess current landscape of the available exercise oncology workforce in the United States Conduct a review of the policy landscape that affects exercise and rehabilitation within the setting of oncology Identify 2 national brand gyms to take on training of staff to work with individuals living with and beyond cancer

2022 Approximately 25% of patients who are newly diagnosed with cancer will recall being advised to exercise by their oncologist Measure improvement in level of knowledge as well as level of engagement among patients and oncology providers

2023 Develop a policy action plan for exercise oncology Host an influencer conference of researchers and oncology providers to align agendas and determine how to leverage the strengths of each organizational and individual partner toward the goal of coordinated, forward progress

2024 Create and disseminate training for health professionals to teach the value of exercise, knowledge of where to refer, and use of pathways to make an appropriate (supervised/unsupervised) referral

2025 Approximately 80% of exercise and rehabilitation professionals will have specialized training to work with individuals living with and beyond cancer Ensure that there is at least 1 cancer exercise or rehabilitation program in each city in the United States with a population of 50,000