Mount Auburn Hospital Launches Breast Cancer Survivorship Clinic

By A/P Group (Open Post)

ARLINGTON, MA — Mount Auburn Hospital is pleased to announce the start of its Breast Cancer Survivorship Clinic to provide guidance and support for breast cancer patients after cancer treatment.

The clinic will be led by Nurse Practitioners and Co-Directors, Kelly Dusenbery, FNP and Laura Myers, FNP, along with Dr. Susan Pories, Medical Director of the Hoffman Breast Center and Chair of the Breast Center Steering Committee and Dr. Lisa Weissmann, Chief of Oncology and Chair of the Cancer Center Steering Committee.

Survivorship care and follow up will focus on the following key areas of recommendation:

· Providing each patient with an individualized survivorship care plan that includes details of their cancer treatment and guidelines for monitoring and maintaining their health

· Increase awareness of short and long term side effects post treatment and develop a plan to address the patient’s needs and concerns

· Surveillance for breast cancer recurrence

· Screening for second primary cancers

· Assessment and management of physical and psychosocial long-term and late effects of breast cancer and treatment

· Health promotion

· Care coordination

“We have developed a unique assessment tool to be incorporated at the patient’s Survivorship visit, highlighting the above recommendations,” said Dr. Pories. “Being told you have breast cancer can be a life-altering experience. It is common to have concerns about how to move forward after treatment ends. It is the goal of the Breast Cancer Survivorship Clinic to help every patient regain their health and strength again. In coordination with our multidisciplinary team, our Nurse Practitioners provide each patient with an individualized survivorship care plan that includes details of their cancer treatment and guidelines for monitoring and maintaining their health.”

Breast cancer survivors represent an estimated 3.1 million women living with breast cancer in the US. For more information on the Breast Cancer Survivorship Clinic or to schedule an appointment please call 617-576-3350.