Study Says Many Lymphoma Survivors Aren't Seeking Follow-Up Care
Lack of care could lead to huge risks
“For me, the importance of this work is that we have done tremendous work showing that cancer and the treatments for cancer, especially for younger people, can result in long-term health risks. And for a number of those things there are areas where we can help if we intervene, but if we don’t see the patients then we are unable to do that. We also can’t advise on lifestyle factors that might be very important in modifying risks for these patients. So, this highlights an important challenge in terms of trying to get cancer survivors to take advantage of what we know and what we can help with,” said Timothy Gilligan, Co-Chair of ASCO's Expert Panel on Patient-Physician Communications Guideline. “Thanks to decades of advances in cancer treatment for young people, adolescents and young adults who survive cancer today can have a full life ahead of them. But maintaining their health over the course of many years requires attentive follow-up care,” he added.
