Life After Cancer

The treatments that cure cancer can also have certain long-term and late side effects. Learn about which treatments are linked to certain late effects.

Moving from pediatric to adult care is an important health care transition. This usually occurs between ages 18 and 21. Learn how to prepare for this transition.

An advance directive is a written statement describing how medical care will be provided if someone can't make decisions. Learn more about advance directives.

The end of cancer treatment may have long-term emotional effects. Learn more about lasting psychological consequences and how to deal with them.

If your child has a serious illness and has turned 18 recently, they may ask you to become a health care agent. Read more to find out how health care agents should make health care decisions.

Friendships are an important part of teenage life. Find tips on how teens can manage friends and social relationships after cancer.

Jenny was thrilled when her daughter, Mabry, finished chemotherapy, but she also had concerns — would the cancer come back? Learning how to handle anxiety is important.

When Haley tells care providers she is a childhood cancer survivor, often they are nervous since they have never treated one. Learn how to be your own advocate.

Stories of cancer survivors can help cancer patients navigate the cancer journey. Often childhood cancer survivors have unique challenges because of the treatment they received. Knowing their stories can help people deal with similar issues.

Childhood cancer has brought challenges to Missy’s family, but her network of family, friends, and care team members have helped them.

Finishing treatment can be a time of mixed emotions. Learn what to expect and strategies to adjust emotionally.

Cancer may affect your life, but it doesn’t have to define you. Learn more about dealing with cancer during your teen and young adult years.

Survivors of pediatric cancer should get a vaccine to prevent human papillomavirus (HPV) infection. HPV can cause several types of cancer in both males and females.

Childhood cancer survivors worry they will pass on a genetic disorder that could cause their children to get cancer. Learn facts about inherited cancer risk.

Because childhood cancer is so rare, health care providers may never care for a childhood cancer survivor. Those that do may not be aware of the possible late effects of childhood cancer treatment.

Patients may face emotional challenges after having childhood cancer, blood disorder, or other illness. Learn how to support emotional health and well-being.

Listen to hopeful thoughts, medical explanations, and practical advice from families and care teams facing childhood and adolescent cancer, blood disorders, and other serious pediatric illnesses.