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Melissa Hudson, MD

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Director of the Cancer Survivorship Division at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Research interests: late effects of cancer treatment & survivorship.

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Thanks for your participation and feeback! #lifeaftercancer


T9: Surprisingly, only minority of survivors report serious problems that interfere with daily life --amazing resilience! #lifeaftercancer


T10: @NatureRevCancer has a good review for physicians & survivors #lifeaftercancer bit.ly/1O87M5M


T10: Resources are available to help guide survivor care, like Children’s Oncology Group guidelines #lifeaftercancer bit.ly/1Rg9IaT


T9: Emotional effects can affect mood, cause anxiety & fear, and impact family & personal relationships #lifeaftercancer


T7: Knowing late effects risks impt to guide health monitoring during and after therapy. #lifeaftercancer


T7: Sometimes, options are available that have a lower risks of late effects. #lifeaftercancer


T7: Long-term & late effects should always be considered at diagnosis when cancer therapy is planned. #lifeaftercancer


T6: More use of targeted therapies that reverse abnormal cell signaling that promotes the development of cancer #lifeaftercancer


T6: Less use of cancer therapies that are toxic to normal tissues & organs #lifeaftercancer


T5: 3. Monitoring to detect health problems, health behaviors, genetic/family health factors affecting risks #lifeaftercancer


T5: 2. Counseling survivors about cancer/treatment health risks #lifeaftercancer


T5: 1. Providing a survivorship care plan with a cancer treatment summary #lifeaftercancer


It's very important to continue to monitor survivors after new therapies to check for long-term effects.#lifeaftercancer @koontzoncology


T2: Research on long-term & late effects also resulted in changes in cancer tx in an effort to reduce, prevent late effects #lifeaftercancer


T3: Monitoring #childhoodcancer pts involves considering health risks related to a cancer & its tx as well as other factors #lifeaftercancer


T2: Now, understanding links b/w specific tx & health effects enable drs to monitor, intervene to keep survivors healthy #lifeaftercancer


T2: The increase of long-term survivors has led to recognition of long-term health effects of cancer & treatment #lifeaftercancer


T2: Success in curing cancer has led to more widespread awareness of the disease & celebrations in reaching milestones. #lifeaftercancer


T2: Before, having a diagnosis of cancer was not publicized or shared widely. That’s changed #lifeaftercancer


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