In English | En español
Questions About Cancer? 1-800-4-CANCER

Coping with Cancer: Survivorship - Living With and Beyond Cancer

< Return to Main

Page Options

  • Print This Page
  • Email This Document

Survivorship - Living With and Beyond Cancer

Life and health after a cancer diagnosis and once treatment is over.

On this page:
Life After Cancer
Follow-up Care
Cancer Information Summaries on Specific Survivorship Topics
Statistics
Post-treatment Studies
NCI Offices

Life After Cancer

Follow-up Care

  • Follow-up Care After Cancer Treatment
    A fact sheet that provides information about follow-up medical care for patients who have completed cancer treatment.
  • Passport for Care: An Internet-Based Survivorship Care Plan
    An article describing an interactive Internet resource developed by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Cancer Center for survivors of childhood cancer. The Web-based resource provides the user accurate, timely, and individualized healthcare information on a "just-in-time" basis.
  • Journey Forward: Guiding Survivors as They Move Ahead
    The Journey Forward program helps survivors transition to life after cancer through the use of treatment summaries and follow-up care plans that include steps for follow-up care and monitoring. Journey Forward's custom-made Survivorship Care Plan Builder is available to any oncologist, and the electronic Medical History Builder allows patients to easily record their own health history.

Cancer Information Summaries on Specific Survivorship Topics

  • Late Effects of Treatment for Childhood Cancer (PDQ®)
    [ patient ] [ health professional ]
    Expert-reviewed information summary about the health problems that continue or appear after cancer treatment has ended.
  • Smoking Cessation and Continued Risk in Cancer Patients (PDQ®)
    [ patient ] [ health professional ]
    Expert-reviewed information summary about the influence of continued smoking on cancer treatment and risk of second cancers. Interventions to encourage smoking cessation are also discussed.
  • Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PDQ®)
    [ patient ] [ health professional ]
    Expert-reviewed information summary about post-traumatic stress disorder in cancer patients, cancer survivors, and their family members. Assessment and treatment of this disorder are discussed.

Statistics

Post-treatment Studies

  • The Childhood Cancer Survivor Study: An Overview
    Health problems that develop years later as a result of a cancer treatment are known as late effects. The Childhood Cancer Survivor Study (CCSS) was started in 1994 to better understand these late effects.
  • Studies Suggest Exercise Improves Colorectal Cancer Outcomes
    The results of two new prospective, observational studies offer compelling evidence to suggest that regular physical activity in the months following treatment may decrease the risk of cancer recurrence and death from colorectal cancer, according to the Aug. 1, 2006, issue of the Journal of Clinical Oncology.
  • Allogeneic Stem-Cell Transplant Survivors Face Long-Term Challenges
    People who undergo allogeneic hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation (HCT) and survive for at least two years remain at increased risk of death even 15 years after treatment, reports a study published online August 1, 2007, in Blood.

NCI Offices