Survivor care
Fertility and Cancer: 5 Things to Think About
A cancer diagnosis can affect your ability to have a child in the future. Start thinking about your fertility before treatment starts and how to plan for life after treatment.
How to Channel Your Energy into Purpose
In this Voices on Cancer post, patient advocate and author Scott Joy discusses the power of connecting with the cancer community.
How a Primary Care Physician Gave My Dad Back His Life After Cancer Treatment
When cancer treatment ends, where does post-treatment survivorship care begin? For caregiver Aki Smith and her dad, a stomach cancer survivor, the answer was in the office of a primary care physician.
Why Peer Support Is Important for People Coping With Cancer
In this month’s From the Editor’s Desk, Dr. Schapira discusses peer support and how it can help patients and their caregivers manage the challenges that cancer brings.
Childhood Cancer - Survivorship
ON THIS PAGE: You will read about how to cope with challenges in everyday life after your child’s cancer diagnosis. Use the menu to see other pages.
Moving the Needle in Cancer Care for Sexual and Gender Minority Populations
Sexual and gender minorities face sizeable disparities in cancer care. The American Society of Clinical Oncology has released a Position Statement on this topic, identifying the problems and providing a roadmap to the solutions.
Your Sexual Health and Cancer: What to Know, What to Do
Certified Sex Therapist Dr. Sage Bolte writes about sexual problems in cancer survivors and gives some tips to make it easier to talk about them with the doctor.
Penile Cancer - Follow-up Care
ON THIS PAGE: You will read about your medical care after cancer treatment is completed and why this follow-up care is important. Use the menu to see other pages.
Care for people diagnosed with cancer does not end when active treatment has finished. Your health care team will continue to check that the cancer has not come back, manage any side effects, and monitor your overall health. This is called follow-up care.
“An Evening for Cancer Survivors and Caregivers”: Bringing Together a Community of Support
On January 26, 2017, cancer survivors, caregivers, patient advocates, family physicians, oncology providers, and others gathered in San Diego, CA, to make connections, discuss survivorship issues, and get expert answers on their survivorship-related questions.