A Guide to ACCESS Services

“ACCESS” stands for “After Cancer Care Ends Survivorship Starts.” This follow-up program of Seattle Cancer Care Alliance provides the following services for childhood cancer survivors:

Clinical care

• A complete health evaluation. Our multidisciplinary ACCESS health care providers review the survivor’s medical and cancer history, assess medical and psychosocial needs, and recommend health-related follow-up care.
• Referrals to any social, community, medical, and psychiatric resources or specialists that may be needed.
• Ongoing evaluations and coordination of care. We give special attention to issues that may relate to the survivor’s past cancer diagnosis and treatment.

Education

• A copy of Childhood Cancer Survivors. This book, co-authored by Nancy Keene, Wendy Hobbie, and Kathy Ruccione, provides a comprehensive review of childhood cancer diagnoses, therapies and issues that may affect long-term survivors.
• An ACCESS Survivor Notebook. Each survivor gets an individualized notebook with their comprehensive treatment summary, recommendations for monitoring, health promotion information, and details on long-term outcomes for which the survivor is at risk.
• A personalized cancer treatment summary with long-term follow-up recommendations that is sent to the patient’s community primary care provider and any other providers at the survivor’s request.
• Up-to-date cancer and health-related information and resources for the survivor and their family or other support people.
• Guidance as the survivor transitions from pediatric to adult healthcare.
• Education and consultation for health-care providers about survivors’ risks and needs.
• A chance to network with other childhood cancer survivors and their families.

Research

• The option to take part in ongoing research studies about medical and psychosocial issues for long-term survivors.

For more information or to schedule an appointment, please call the Survivorship Program at (866) 543-4272 or e-mail us at survivor@fhcrc.org.