Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Health Issues

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Once your treatment is completed, you will begin follow-up care to monitor your health. You may also need assistance in dealing with the continuing side effects of treatment and with making changes to your lifestyle to help you stay healthy.

Clinics for Survivors
Our clinics for children and adults who have survived childhood cancers, and adults who survived adult onset cancers
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Follow-up care after completing treatment for cancer is an important phase of returning to health. These visits focus on evaluation for cancer recurrence and the ongoing and late effects of cancer and treatment. Follow-up care should also include recommendations for cancer screening, health promotion activities such as smoking cessation and dietary counseling, and the need to follow up with a primary local doctor for routine health care.

  • Clinics for Survivors
    As a result of advances in treatment and earlier diagnosis, people with cancer are living longer and better lives. To meet the specific healthcare needs of cancer survivors, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center offers tailored care for survivors of both childhood and adult-onset cancers.
  • Managing Ongoing and Late Effects of Cancer and Treatment
    After completing therapy, survivors and their caregivers are often confronted with an array of physical and pyschological challenges.
  • Fertility Preservation
    Fertility and reproductive health can be affected by cancer and its treatment. Memorial Sloan-Kettering offers specialized programs and individual consultations with professionals to address your concerns. In addition, the educational resources listed here can provide further information.
  • Genetic Testing and Counseling
    The Clinical Genetics Service at Memorial Sloan-Kettering offers hereditary cancer risk assessment, genetic counseling, and genetic testing by specially trained genetic counselors and physicians.
  • Sexual Health
    Sexual health can be affected by cancer and its treatment. Resources and services are presented.
  • Healthy Living
    We offer many programs to assist you with making lifestyle changes and in regaining an active life after treatment.
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