wa cares about cancer partnership survivorship taskforce june 2012 after a cancer diagnosis
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WA CARES about Cancer PartnershipSurvivorship Taskforce
June 2012
After a Cancer Diagnosis
What’s happening: US & WA What is a survivorship care plan? What’s in it? Why is it important? How do I get it? Contacts for questions
Survivorship Care Plans
Survivor definition: Any person who has been diagnosed with any type of cancer. Time begins at diagnosis and lasts to the end of life.*
Cancer survivorship is the journey that takes a person from the diagnosis onward.
It is the experience of living with, through, and beyond the diagnosis of cancer.
Who is a cancer survivor?
~250,000 people in Washington State are cancer survivors
More than 12 million in the U.S. (3.6% of the population) are cancer survivors
*CDC’s MMWR http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6009a1.htm
What’s happening?
What is it? A set of documents your oncology team puts
together for you to describe your cancer, all of the treatment you’ve received, and what you need to do now to stay healthy and optimize your wellness.
You are unique and so is your care plan.
Survivorship Care Plans
Treatment summary Ongoing care information Personalized set of recommendations Full contact info of all your health
team
What does it include?
Empowerment Understanding Important information Saved time and effort Continuity and coordination of care
Why is it important?
Ask your oncologist or member of your oncology care team
Learn more about them There are templates online that can be
a starting point for you and your doctor to begin the process
How do I get one?
Journey Forward www.journeyforward.org Lance Armstrong Survivorship
www.livestrongcareplan.org American Society of Clinical Oncology
www.cancer.net/patient/survivorship National Cancer Institute
www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/coping/survivorship
Templates
Support Services & Resources
Prevention & risk factors Healthy eating Active living Preventive visits
Psychosocial supportive care after treatment for survivors and family: healing emotionally, physically, and spiritually after treatment Support groups Individual Counseling Educational materials
Questions & Thank you!