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Resources for Cancer Survivors

The Health Design Podcast - Jade Gibson, Patient Advocate

Listen to a podcast from Jade Gibson, a patient advocate for young adult cancer survivors. Jade serves on the Survivorship Working Group of the Georgia Cancer Control Consortium.

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Important Information About Prevention of Treatment-related Heart Failure

Long-Term Follow-Up Guidelines

Children's Oncology Group provides a resource Long-Term Follow-Up Guidlines for Survivors of Childhood, Adolescent, and Young Adult Cancers provides Appendix II - Patient Education Materials "Health Links". This comprehensive document contains educational materials for cancer survivors indexed by topic. This complementary set of patient education materials are meant to enhance patient follow-up visits.

Bi-monthly Education for Cancer Survivors

Dr. Patti will post a Health Link(s) from Children's Oncology Group or other trusted resource every other month to offer information on late effects of cancer therapy. Please get in touch with your physician or Dr. Patti if you have questions. Recommended evaluations and treatment will be provided by your own physician.

November/December 2024

This important article from Harvard highlights the important challenges of adolescent and young adult cancer survivors. The authors review various models of care that can offer the multi-disciplinary follow up that this age group needs. From surveillance for recurrence, to monitoring for late effects, to management of symptoms, young adult cancer survivors are accenting the healthcare landscape with irrefutable presence.

September/October 2024

Dr. Patti Appointed as Chief Medical Officer of the Georgia Center for Oncology Research and Education

Introducing Georgia Center for Oncology Research and Education (GA CORE). GA CORE is the non-profit working in many different ways to achieve one goal: strengthening cancer care in Georgia.

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May/June 2024

June is National Cancer Survivors Month. Watch Amanda's gripping video about her indomitable spirit and unwavering courage as a cancer survivor.

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November/December 2022

Symptom Burden in Childhood Cancer

Childhood cancer survivors may experience individual symptom burden related to medical complications as well as fatigue, chronic pain, nausea, anxiety, depression, and diminished social interactions that impact quality of life. Senior author I-Chan Huang and colleagues at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital describe symptom identification as an important new focus of the survivorship encounter.

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Source: www.survivorshipguidelines.org