Survivorship is a lifelong phase of cancer care

Jody Sima, MD. and Jim Howe Jody Sima, MD. and Jim Howe (photo by
Robin Monteleone) (photo by Robin Monteleone) When a child has
cancer, the parents and whole family focus their time and energy on
getting that child through chemotherapy, surgery, radiation therapy
or a combination of those treatments. This usually means many
appointments at the hospital, Cancer Center and doctor's office,
medications to manage, schedules to adjust and thinking no further
ahead than the next medical appointment. If treatment is
successful, the child and parents enter a new phase: cancer
survivorship, which lasts a lifetime. Assistant professor of
pediatrics J When a child has cancer, the parents and whole family
focus their time and energy on getting that child through
chemotherapy, surgery, radiation therapy or a combination of those
treatments. This usually means many appointments at the hospital,
Cancer Center and doctor's office, medications to manage, schedules
to adjust and thinking no further ahead than the next medical
appointment. If treatment is successful, the child and parents
enter a new phase: cancer survivorship, which lasts a lifetime.
Assistant professor of pediatrics J ody Sima, MD ody Sima, MD, is
the pediatric oncologist who directs the, is the pediatric
oncologist who directs the Survivor Wellness Program Survivor
Wellness Program at Upstate. She talks about survivorship with Jim
Howe, the parent of a childhood cancer survivor and a member of the
"HealthLink on Air" team. at Upstate. She talks about survivorship
with Jim Howe, the parent of a childhood cancer survivor and a
member of the "HealthLink on Air" team.