Links to Additional Content Included in The LIVESTRONG Care Plan
Get Started
This free and easy to use program provides cancer survivors with information regarding the health risks they face as a result of cancer therapies.
Click here to view an example of a completed care plan for a breast cancer survivor.
Survivorship Clinics
This survivorship clinic listing is a resource for patients and healthcare providers looking for survivorship care.
Have a survivorship clinic at your institution to submit to the list?
Coordinating your care
Templates for organizing your records can be found on OncoPilot:
http://www.oncolink.org/oncopilot/
Medical Concerns
Sexuality & Fertility Information
- On OncoLink: http://www.oncolink.org/coping/subsection.cfm?c=4&s=42&ss=90
- For men on Us Too Website: http://www.ustoo.org/post_treatment_issues.asp
- From the NCI: http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/coping/life-after-treatment/page5
- Fertile Hope: http://www.fertilehope.org/
- Oncofertility Consortium: http://oncofertility.northwestern.edu/
- National Infertility Association: http://www.resolve.org/
- Vaginal Dilators after radiation therapy: http://www.oncolink.org/coping/article.cfm?c=4&s=42&ss=90&id=993
- Sexuality, Intimacy and Communications: http://www.cancersupportivecare.com/sexuality.html
Lymphedema
- Self-Care Tip Sheet: http://www.oncolink.org/coping/article.cfm?c=5&s=23&ss=188&id=996
- The National Lymphedema Network: http://www.lymphnet.org/
Ostomy Support
- United Ostomy Associations of America: http://www.ostomy.org/
- Shaz's Ostomy Pages: http://www.ostomates.org/
Follow Up Care, Screening and Healthy Living
Follow Up Care
- Follow Up for the cancer you were treated for from the NCCN: http://www.nccn.org/
- Testicular Cancer Resource Center: http://tcrc.acor.org/
Cancer Screening
- More about screening tests on OncoLink: http://www.oncolink.org/resources/article.cfm?c=1&s=65&ss=236&id=1058
- Cancer Screening Information from the ACS: http://www.cancer.org/Healthy/FindCancerEarly/CancerScreeningGuidelines/american-cancer-society-guidelines-for-the-early-detection-of-cancer
- Information about colorectal cancer screening on OncoLink: http://www.oncolink.org/types/article.cfm?c=5&s=11&ss=83&id=9606
- American Cancer Society information about colorectal cancer screening for high risk individuals: http://www.cancer.org/Cancer/ColonandRectumCancer/MoreInformation/ColonandRectumCancerEarlyDetection/colorectal-cancer-early-detection-acs-recommendations
General Health Screening & Maintenance
General Health Screening from the US Department of Health and Human Services:
- For Women: http://www.ahrq.gov/ppip/healthywom.htm
- For Men: http://www.ahrq.gov/ppip/healthymen.htm
CDC Adult Vaccination recommendations: http://www.immunize.org/catg.d/p4030.pdf
Sun Safety
- Sun safety tips: http://www.oncolink.org/types/article.cfm?c=18&s=63&ss=861&id=9623
- Guide to performing a skin exam from SkinCancerNet: http://www.skincarephysicians.com/skincancernet/skin_examinations.html
- Skin Cancer Foundation: http://www.skincancer.org/
Smoking Cessation
- Learn how to get started or where to turn for help on OncoLink: http://www.oncolink.org/resources/article.cfm?c=1&s=25&ss=92&id=993
Diet, Exercise and Weight
- American Institute for Cancer Research dietary guidelines for cancer survivors: http://www.aicr.org/patients-survivors/guidelines/patients_survivors_guidelines_diet.html
- ACS information on diet and exercise: http://www.cancer.org/Healthy/EatHealthyGetActive/index?ssSourceSiteId=null
- Macmillan Cancer Support information on physical activity: http://www.macmillan.org.uk/Cancerinformation/Livingwithandaftercancer/Physicalactivity/Physicalactivity.aspx
Support & Psychosocial Resources
Online Support
- LIVESTRONG Navigation Services: http://www.livestrong.org/Get-Help/Get-One-On-One-Support
- The Association of Cancer Online Resources: http://www.acor.org/
- Cancer Care: http://www.cancercare.org/
- National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship: http://www.canceradvocacy.org/
Legal & Financial Information
- On OncoLink: http://www.oncolink.org/resources/resources.cfm?c=6
- Cancer Legal Resource Center: http://www.disabilityrightslegalcenter.org/about/cancerlegalresource.cfm
- Cancer and Careers (employment issues): http://www.cancerandcareers.org/en
Dealing With Recurrence
- NCI When Cancer Returns: http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/coping/when-cancer-returns/when-cancer-returns
- ACS When Your Cancer Comes Back: http://www.cancer.org/Treatment/SurvivorshipDuringandAfterTreatment/UnderstandingRecurrence/WhenYourCancerComesBack/index
