If your child has completed treatment for childhood cancer, congratulations on closing an extremely difficult chapter in your family’s life. As you likely heard during your child’s treatment, childhood cancers can affect your child’s physical and mental health long after treatment is over.
That’s why we created the Health After Therapy Program (better known as the HAT program), a unique survivorship program for patients who have received treatment for childhood cancer.
Your child will be transitioned to the HAT program by their pediatric oncologist or nurse practitioner five years after they have completed treatment. Appointments are scheduled once a year or at longer intervals depending on previous therapy.
The HAT team, which includes a pediatric oncologist, nurse practitioner, and child psychologist, has extensive knowledge about pediatric cancers and the long-term medical and psychosocial effects of cancer treatment. They are experts in preventing and treating the complications of cancer treatment. The HAT team reviews potential late effects of treatment with your child and family, and places an emphasis on a healthy lifestyle after undergoing cancer therapy.
The HAT program can help your child by providing:
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