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Passport for Care: Implementing the Survivorship Care Plan

Texas Children's Cancer Center; and Center for Collaborative and Interactive Technologies, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

Corresponding author: Marc E. Horowitz, MD, Texas Children's Cancer Center, 6621 Fannin St, Houston, TX 77030; march@bcm.tmc.edu

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	The Need

 
In their report, From Cancer Patient to Cancer Survivor: Lost in Transition,¹ the Institute of Medicine and National Research Council recommend that a patient completing primary treatment for cancer be given a summary of treatment and a comprehensive plan for follow-up. In addition, it is suggested that this survivorship care plan be provided to the patient's primary care provider. Such a plan would inform the patient (and health care provider) of the long-term effects of cancer and its treatment, identify psychosocial support resources in the community, and provide guidance on follow-up care, prevention, and health maintenance.² This recommendation emanates . . . [Click for More]

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