We encourage healthcare providers to explore our information about clinical practice guidelines and strategies for approaching the long-term care of cancer survivors.
NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines
In March 2013, the National Comprehensive Cancer Network® (NCCN®) issued NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology for Survivorship. These guidelines are developed and updated through an evidence-based process in which multidisciplinary panels of experts integrate comprehensive clinical and scientific data with the judgment of the panel members and other experts drawn from NCCN member institutions, including Memorial Sloan-Kettering.
The NCCN Guidelines for Survivorship cover eight distinct areas: anxiety and depression, cognitive function, exercise, fatigue, immunizations and infections, pain, sexual function, and sleep disorders. They include a sample assessment tool with questions on each of the eight key criteria covered in the guidelines. Clinicians can access the complete library of NCCN guidelines online.
American Society of Clinical Oncology Statement: Achieving High-Quality Cancer Survivorship Care
In January 2013, the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) published a statement in the Journal of Clinical Oncology titled Achieving High-Quality Cancer Survivorship Care. The ASCO statement outlines a comprehensive approach to survivorship care that incorporates general health promotion, primary and secondary cancer prevention, and symptom management of common long-term and late effects.
Managing Late Effects of Cancer Treatment
Learn more about helping cancer survivors manage the late effects of treatment in these presentations given by Memorial Sloan-Kettering survivorship physicians and nurse practitioners in 2008 and 2009.
For Healthcare Professionals: Caring for SurvivorsAn overview of cancer survivorship concerns, a review of the Institute of Medicine report recommendations, and descriptions of the role of healthcare providers in survivorship care delivery models
For Healthcare Professionals: Cognitive ChangesA review of the evidence related to the incidence and management of cognitive changes that occur as a result of cancer therapies
For Healthcare Professionals: Consequences of Cancer TreatmentAn outline of the physical, psychological, social, and spiritual quality-of-life concerns for cancer survivors and an overview of the evidence related to late- and long-term effects of cancer therapy
For Healthcare Professionals: Developing Effective Coping StrategiesA discussion of the psychosocial and spiritual effects of cancer treatment, which may include anxiety and depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, and questions about the meaning in
For Healthcare Professionals: Female Sexual HealthA discussion of the effects of cancer therapies on female sexuality and effective management strategies
For Healthcare Professionals: Fertility After Cancer TreatmentInformation on cancer-related fertility loss and resources for fertility preservation
For Healthcare Professionals: Long-Term Thyroid Effects of Cancer TreatmentA review of the endocrine problems that result from cancer therapies including hypothyroidism and benign and malignant thyroid nodules
For Healthcare Professionals: Male Sexual DysfunctionA discussion of erectile dysfunction in cancer survivors and the most current strategies for management
For Healthcare Professionals: Managing Late Effects of Cancer TreatmentCovers surveillance for recurrence, monitoring late effects, symptom management, cancer screening, health promotion counseling that includes risk reduction, and the role of the oncology nurse in provision of care for survivors
For Healthcare Professionals: OsteoporosisEvidence related to the incidence, pathophysiology, risk, prevention, assessment, and management of osteoporosis in cancer survivors
For Healthcare Professionals: Pulmonary Complications of Cancer TreatmentEvidence related to the incidence, pathophysiology, risk, assessment, and management of pulmonary complications in cancer survivors
For Healthcare Professionals: Reducing Health Risks in Cancer SurvivorsFocuses on prevention of cancer and other health problems after cancer treatment
For Healthcare Professionals: Second Primary MalignanciesEvidence related to the etiology, incidence, pathophysiology, risk, prevention, surveillance, assessment, and management of second primary malignancies in cancer survivors
For Healthcare Professionals: Survivorship Care PlansDefines the survivorship care plan and reviews the purpose and recommended content according to the Institute of Medicine report
