Resource Guide
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Children's Hospital Medical Center, ATP Five-Plus Clinic
http://www.cincinnatichildrens.org1-800-344-2462
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center serves the medical needs of infants, children and adolescents with family-centered care, innovative research and outstanding teaching programs.
Children's Medical Center of Dallas, After the Cancer Experience (ACE)
http://www.childrens.com214-456-7000
Children's Medical Center is private, not-for-profit, and is one of the largest pediatric healthcare providers in the nation. As the only academic healthcare facility in North Texas dedicated exclusively to the comprehensive care of children from birth to age 18, Children's provides patient care ranging from simple eye exams to specialized treatment in areas such as heart disease, hematology-oncology and cystic fibrosis.
DeVos Children's Hospital, After-Care and Transition (ACT) Program
http://www.devoschildrenshospital.org/866-989-7999
The After-Care and Transition (ACT) Program was established in 1992. As suggested by its name, the philosophy of the ACT Program is that care of the childhood cancer survivor is an active process where patients, in partnership with their health care team, receive appropriate medical care and are empowered through knowledge to meet the challenges of normal transition from dependent childhood to independent adulthood.
Fairview-University Children's Hospital, Long-term Follow-up Clinic
http://cancer.umn.edu/ltfu1-800-775-2167
Approximately one in every 350 individuals living in the United States develops a cancer before the age of 20. In the 1940s and 1950s, few children survived cancer. In the 1960s however, researchers discovered ways to design therapies using combinations of chemotherapy drugs and combinations of different treatment modalities (chemotherapy, radiation, and surgery). These new approaches resulted in increasing numbers of patients experiencing sustained remission and cures.
Johns Hopkins Oncology Center, Long Term Follow-up Clinic
410-614-5062
The Lance Armstrong Foundation Adult Survivorship Clinic at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
http://www.dana-farber.org/617-632-3000
The Lance Armstrong Foundation Adult Survivorship Clinic at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute focuses on caring for, supporting, educating, and learning from adult patients in the years after their cancer treatment. Care and research address various problems adult survivors may face after therapy, such as infertility, lymphedema, cardiovascular disease, osteoporosis, future cancer risk, and post-traumatic stress. The clinic also offers psychosocial support to those whose lives have been forever changed by cancer.
*Also available in Spanish
University of Michigan, Department of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Long-term Follow-up Clinic
http://www.cancer.med.umich.edu734-936-9814
University of Rochester Medical Center, Strong Children's Medical Center Follow-up Clinic
716-275-2981
University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, Caring for Life Clinic
608-263-6200
Upstate Medical University, KNOT (Kids Now Off Therapy)
http://www.upstate.edu315-464-7229
