Next steps survivorship program

Passport example

• Our patient care leads the nation. Our staff and providers are some of the best-known cancer survivorship experts in the country, and their continued research informs the care we provide to families every day.
• A team approach. Our multidisciplinary team includes doctors, advanced practice providers, nurse educators, psychologists, social workers, schoolteachers and nutritionists – all working in partnership with you and your primary care doctor.
• Community support. Our program offers a survivorship community navigator, a unique role that helps families access educational, social and job resources in their own communities.
• Fertility support. Our fertility navigator has the skill and experience to help patients who are considering having children now or in the future.
• Patient education and advocacy. Survivor empowerment to advocate for future health care needs by providing education; a passport, which is a wallet size summary of care with long-term follow up recommendations; and support to transition into primary care. 
• Research innovation. Enhance and expand research initiatives focused on survivorship while actively working with Children’s Oncology Group and Pediatric Blood & Marrow Transplant Consortium.

Bridge to next steps program is a program that helps patients and families as they transition from active treatment into post-therapy care. 

The end of cancer treatment is an emotional time for patients and families. During the transition period, we help to prepare for your child’s life after cancer treatment, and also reconnect you with your primary care provider to build care and support beyond cancer care.

The program consists of two specialized visits where you will meet with a survivorship provider and a psychologist to provide education, summary of care, and support.

Survivorship care (Next Steps Clinic) is a long-term follow up program that cares for cancer and BMT survivors who:

• Received care at Children’s or elsewhere
• Were diagnosed before age 30, regardless of current age
• Completed treatment a minimum of 2 years ago
• Received a bone marrow transplant more than two years ago

Team members provide specialized care and information needed to monitor and manage possible late effects of treatment. Visits are individualized to each patient, and may include a variety of team members. Care includes:

• Educating survivors about the therapy they received and recommended follow up
• Creating a plan to address possible effects of treatment
• Giving guidance on healthy lifestyle and good nutrition
• Connecting survivors with community resources
• Working with survivors, their families and their primary care doctor to meet ongoing needs

• Long-term follow-up guidelines for survivors of childhood, adolescent, and young adult cancers from the Children’s Oncology Group
• Young adult oncology group
  This group meets monthly to support adolescents and young adults who are dealing with cancer. The group is open to people who are currently being treated or have been treated in the past, either at Children’s or elsewhere.
• Scholarships
  There are many scholarships available for cancer survivors. We've put together a list of many of them here.