MSKCC Nurse Practitioner Survivorship Team

Nurse practitioners help cancer survivors meet their ongoing needs after their formal cancer treatment ends at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.

Specially trained, they focus on both medical and psychosocial needs that are unique for each patient.  During the first visit, the nurse practitioner develops a survivorship care plan with the patient which is then sent to that patient’s community primary care physician so that cancer care and other medical needs can be coordinated.

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You can download and listen to Surviving and Thriving: Life with Cancer, six podcasts developed by CR Magazine and The Wellness Community.

Podcasts include the voices and stories of many survivors, well as information from health professionals. Read the rest of this entry »

At the end of treatment, cancer patients can feel relieved that the stresses and side effects are over.  But very often they feel lost, uncertain, afraid that regular scrutiny from their oncologists has ended and that something important may be missed.

The Cancer Survivorship Program at the Loyola University Medical Center is among programs designed to ease those fears and protect the overall health of cancer survivors as they move into the future. Read the rest of this entry »

Cancer survivors who have lived at least five years past their diagnosis are more than twice as likely to say their lives are extremely stressful than people who never had cancer. They report psychological stress that is severe enough to cause problems functioning at work, in school, or in social situations. Read the rest of this entry »

Colon and rectal cancer survivors who meet Canadian public exercise guidelines have better quality of life and less fatigue.  However, only 1 in 4 survivors reported they were actively exercising.

More than 400 colon and rectal cancer survivors in Canada answered questions about their exercise, quality of life, and fatigue.  Those who were exercising at the level recommended by guidelines reported significantly better quality of life.  They also had less fatigue. Read the rest of this entry »