Mission
- To provide breast cancer survivors with comprehensive, quality care
- To scientifically advance the fields of research, prevention, education and treatment for survivors of breast cancer in the setting of whole person care
Background
- Ten million cancer survivors in U.S.
- Relatively little attention given to cancer patient finished with active treatment
- Institute of Medicine 2006 From Cancer Patient to Cancer Survivor: Lost in Transition
- Address physical/psychological symptoms, improving quality of life
Vision
- The breast cancer survivor will come to the survivorship clinic for:
- Cancer surveillance
- Evaluation for late effects of therapies received
- Overall health maintenance recommendations
- Psychological health evaluation
- Guidance regarding economic aspects of cancer care
- Promote research and education to advance the field of survivorship care
- Survivorship Care Plan
- Tailored to individual patient
- Her tumor
- Her treatment
- Her post-treatment care
- Digital, web-based format that is patient and provider-accessible (Currently Being Developed)
- Tailored to individual patient
Breast Cancer Survivorship Clinic
- Patient completes active treatment and is referred to Survivorship Clinic
- Nurse-practitioner (Pam Esquivel) staffs with attending availability
- Review Survivorship Care Plan
- Appropriate referrals
- E.g. osteoporosis clinic, GI clinic
- Multidisciplinary approach
- Patient navigator
- Psychologist
- Social worker
- Physical therapist
- Dietician
- Prosthetics
- Disease, not specialty-specific
- Research to identify mechanisms and risk factors and to develop prevention and treatment strategies for impaired quality of life
- Improve quality of care and quality of life for breast cancer survivors
