Cancer patients are not only charged with fighting off the potentially deadly disease, but also maintaining some sense of normalcy throughout the process.That normalcy, from walking to showering, sometimes can be threatened by treatment.From fatigue to neuropathy, radiation, chemotherapy and other cancer treatments can strain a patient’s body and mind.“For years there’s been a lot of interest in helping patients who are going through cancer treatment, from the time of diagnosis through their treatment and beyond, to address things like how it affects their activities of daily living, how it affects their ability to get back to kind of a normal lifestyle,” said Dr. Richard LoCicero, oncologist at the Longstreet Cancer Center.Medical professionals may have found an answer.Longstreet clinic has partnered with Pro Therapy to implement a program designed to address quality of life issues sometimes inherent with cancer treatment.Survivorship Training and Rehab, a cancer-specific rehabilitation program developed by Oncology Rehab Partners in Massachusetts, gives cancer patients an individualized plan to increase strength and energy, alleviate pain and improve daily function and quality of life, from beginning of the treatment to afterward.“The key term is quality of life,” said Dr. Destiny Herbert, clinical coordinator of clinical education at Pro Therapy’s Dawsonville location. “That’s what’s happening — you’re improving a (patient’s) quality of life. So whatever is important to them, you’re giving them a detailed structured, educated way to do it.”The program was the first of its kind in the state and has been serving patients since January.Milt Campbell, a gold medalist in the decathlon at the 1956 Olympic Games, has been in the program since January.