Finishing cancer treatment is a milestone worth celebrating, and it also opens a new chapter, one where staying healthy means understanding how treatment may affect the body over time. The Long-Term Follow-Up Clinic at Cure 4 The Kids Foundation is a survivorship clinic dedicated to helping childhood cancer survivors stay healthy after treatment ends, through ongoing monitoring, education, and coordinated care.
Even after chemotherapy, radiation, or other treatments are complete, survivors may benefit from lifelong follow-up to watch for potential long-term effects and support their overall health and well-being.
The Long-Term Follow-Up Clinic (LTFU) is a survivorship program for people who have completed treatment for childhood cancer. Some cancer treatments, while highly effective, are hard on the body and can have effects that appear months, years, or even decades later. This clinic helps survivors understand their treatment history, monitor for potential late effects, and build a personalized plan for long-term health.
Many cancer survivors live long, healthy lives after treatment. Ongoing survivorship care helps make sure that any potential late effects are caught early and managed with a plan built around each survivor’s history.
Survivors have needs that differ from those of the average patient, and this clinic is built around them. Each survivor receives an individualized survivorship care plan based on their specific treatment history. That plan guides the recommended screenings, imaging, laboratory monitoring, and specialty referrals that make sense for them, so care is never one-size-fits-all.
For many survivors, the clinic becomes their annual point of connection to expert, coordinated care. This is where testing, scans, and monitoring related to their history take place, and if something new comes up, such as a symptom that needs imaging or a referral to another specialty, the team can arrange it. Care stays centralized at C4K, which lets the team follow each survivor’s progress closely over the years.
The clinic also has a dedicated registered nurse coordinator who helps guide survivors and families through their care, a role built specifically around the needs of this program.
Survivorship clinic visits are longer than a typical appointment because survivors meet with several members of the care team during a single visit. By Bringing specialists together, the team can review medical history, discuss recommended screenings, coordinate care, and develop a personalized survivorship plan all in one appointment.
A visit usually begins with the survivor’s physician. The on-site lab team draws any needed labs, and results that can be produced on-site are often ready before the visit ends. Survivors also meet with the clinic’s nurse coordinator, and new survivorship patients complete a questionnaire that gives the team a clear picture of where they are in their survivorship journey, including their health history and any psychosocial needs.
From there, the visit is tailored to the individual. Depending on need, the team may bring in a clinical pharmacist for medication management, a social worker or member of the behavioral health team for psychosocial support, a physical therapist, or a genetic counselor when a prior cancer has a genetic component. The goal is to provide exactly the support each survivor needs, without unnecessary appointments.
Cancer treatment does not end when therapy stops. Survivors often benefit from ongoing monitoring to help identify potential late effects early and support long-term health and wellness.
Long-Term Follow-Up Clinic visits help survivors:
and future health risks
of chemotherapy, radiation, or surgery and review recommended screenings
when needed
and cognitive, physical, and emotional concerns
that support long-term wellness
into adulthood and adult healthcare
Each annual visit provides survivors with an updated survivorship plan, including recommended laboratory studies, imaging, referrals, and follow-up care based on their individual treatment history and long-term health needs.
Beyond monitoring for late effects, this clinic is about helping survivors move forward with confidence. The team helps patients and families build healthy habits for the years ahead, and connects them with support for navigating adulthood, from continuing education to planning for the future.
After everything a survivor and their family have been through, the goal is to make life after treatment easier, more supported, and more hopeful.
Director of Oncology & Long-Term Follow-Up Clinic | Board-Certified Pediatric Hematologist-Oncologist
Dr. Alhushki leads Cure 4 The Kids Foundation’s Long-Term Follow-Up Clinic, caring for childhood cancer survivors through ongoing monitoring, education, and coordinated survivorship care.
Family Nurse Practitioner | Pediatric Hematology-Oncology
Elizabeth works alongside Dr. Alhushki to provide coordinated, compassionate care to patients and families throughout every stage of their journey.
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner | Pediatric Hematology-Oncology
Ann Marie works alongside Dr. Alhushki to provide coordinated, compassionate care to patients and families throughout every stage of their journey.
The clinic welcomes childhood and adolescent cancer survivors of all ages, including those treated at Cure 4 The Kids Foundation and those treated at other institutions.
No. Survivors of all ages are welcome to receive long-term follow-up care.
No. The clinic welcomes survivors regardless of where they received their cancer treatment.
Survivors meet with their physician and care team, complete any recommended labs and screenings, and receive an updated, personalized survivorship plan based on their treatment history.
Many survivors benefit from an annual visit, which allows the team to monitor their health and update their survivorship plan each year.
Whether you’re a family looking to learn more about our comprehensive clinics or a provider hoping to refer a patient, we’re here to help. Our team will walk you through what to expect and answer any questions along the way.
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