Hackensack Meridian Children’s Health Establishes Focus on Cancer Survivorship

Multidisciplinary approach includes specialized Cure and Beyond clinic and research studies

The survivorship program at Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital operates a specialized Cure and Beyond (CAB) clinic to care for survivors of pediatric cancer and bone marrow transplant through a multidisciplinary approach.

The program provides support for patients treated by our pediatric cancer, hematology, transplant and cellular/gene therapy teams who are 2 or more years past treatment, as well as patients and transplant survivors regardless of where they were treated.

The clinic’s physicians will:

• Provide recommendations for screening and management of late effects that may potentially arise as a result of the treatment for childhood cancer
• Increase awareness of potential late effects
• Standardize and enhance follow-up care provided to survivors

The program follows the Children’s Oncology Group Long-Term Follow-Up Guidelines for Survivors of Childhood, Adolescent and Young Adult Cancers. The guidelines, developed as a collaborative effort of the Nursing Discipline and Late Effects Committee, are appropriate for asymptomatic survivors of childhood, adolescent or young adult cancers presenting for routine exposure based medical follow-up.

Learn more about pediatric oncology advancements at Hackensack Meridian Children’s Health.