Cancer Survivorship and Long Term Follow-up Care

Cancer survivorship often describes anybody who has had cancer, even if treatment has just begun. We consider survivorship to include anybody who is Living With, Living Through, and Living Beyond a cancer diagnosis and its treatments. Our Survivorship Program is for any patient who has had cancer and is meant to address how the whole person can be affected by cancer and its treatments.

We understand that cancer can affect patients & families mentally, emotionally, physically, spiritually, and financially for years after treatment is done. The Cancer Survivorship Program manages these issues along with any other late and long-term side effects that occur during treatment and the recovery period after.

Once treatment is completed, each patient will receive a summary outlining their cancer diagnosis and staging, therapies received, and a detailed, individualized follow-up plan. This Treatment Summary will be shared with each patient’s primary care provider and other members of the health care team as needed.

Clinic visits will alternate between the oncology doctor and the Survivorship Nurse Practitioner as part of regular follow-up visits. Each visit focuses on the patient’s needs regarding symptom management and support, including the potential need for cancer rehabilitation.