Pediatric Cancer Survivorship
The Childhood, Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Survivorship Program at City of Hope provides specialized follow-up care for patients who have completed treatment for cancer or a similar illness that was diagnosed before 40 years of age.
Patients who participate in this program are seen every year in a clinic specially designed to meet the long-term follow-up needs of survivors of childhood, adolescent and young adult cancer. They are evaluated by a team of health care professionals who have expertise in survivorship issues, including a physician or nurse practitioner, a dietitian and a psychologist or social worker. Patients receive individualized screening and monitoring for potential health issues that sometimes occur after cancer treatment. They also have the opportunity to talk to the survivorship team about their previous cancer treatment, its potential impact on their health and ways to stay as healthy as possible.
Patients also receive a personalized summary of the details of their cancer treatment and guidelines for continued monitoring, including recommendations for preventive care and information about available resources and services. Our goal is to help each survivor stay as healthy as possible, and to prevent problems from happening or catch them early, when they are most easily treated.
This program is carried out in collaboration with each patient’s primary health care and treatment team and is part of the research program here at City of Hope.
For more information, please visit the Childhood, Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Survivorship Program website or email [email protected].
Pediatric Survivorship Care Team
Saro H. Armenian, D.O., M.P.H.
Pediatric Hematologist-Oncologist
Pediatric hematologist-oncologist Saro Armenian, D.O., M.P.H., is the Barron Hilton Chair in Pediatrics, with expertise in pediatric cancer, epidemiology and cancer survivorship.
Rusha Bhandari, M.D., M.S.
Pediatric Hematologist-Oncologist
Rusha Bhandari, M.D., M.S., is an assistant professor in the Department of Pediatrics and Department of Populations Sciences at City of Hope.
Jeanelle Folbrecht, Ph.D.
Clinical Health Psychologist
Jeanelle Folbrecht, Ph.D., psychologist | City of Hope, California.
Sunita Patel, Ph.D.
Psychologist
Sunita Patel, Ph.D., is an associate professor in the departments of Supportive Care Medicine and Population Sciences.
