Once your child is ready for survivor care, we build a plan based on their treatment history and their current health. We coordinate every visit so you can spend your energy on your family, not on juggling appointments.

Depending on what your child needs, care might mean our standard survivor clinic, one of our specialized clinics or a quick annual check-in.

Our team is involved in research that's helping survivors everywhere, not just at Phoenix Children’s. Every family who comes through our clinic can join our long-term follow-up study, which already includes more than 1,600 patients. That research has directly changed how we catch and treat health challenges that may occur after your child’s cancer treatment ends.

What to Expect

As part of the Survivor Program, your child will have one annual visit during which they see all the specialists on their team. You’ll receive a follow-up plan tailored to your child, rather than a one-size-fits-all approach. We keep in close touch with your child's oncologist and pediatrician, so everyone stays on the same page.

Our Programs

We offer a full range of programs built around specific treatment histories and risks.

Children's Oncology Survivor Program

A multidisciplinary survivor clinic that is open to any survivor who is at least two years past finishing treatment, whether they were treated at Phoenix Children’s or somewhere else. At the first visit, you’ll complete any needed paperwork and receive your child’s treatment summary binder. You’ll meet with an oncologist, a pediatric endocrinologist, a dietitian, a social worker and a mental health therapist. This visit lasts about two hours. After the visit, your care team will review your child’s needs and recommend any next steps. 

Bone Marrow Transplant (BMT) Survivor Program

Children who have had a bone marrow transplant may have different long-term health needs. Our weekly clinic features a dermatologist, a nephrologist and a pulmonologist alongside our survivorship team, so experts with advanced training monitor the specific risks associated with the transplant procedure.

Neuro-Oncology Survivor Program

Brain tumor survivors often deal with long-term effects that are different from other cancers, including changes related to their hormones. This clinic meets several times a month and includes a rehab specialist and an endocrinologist who specialized in pituitary-related effects.

Cardio-Oncology Clinic

A specialized clinic for children who may need extra monitoring of their heart health after cancer treatment. Some cancer treatments can affect the heart down the road. In this clinic, your child's survivorship team works directly with a heart failure cardiologist, so any heart-related risks are caught and managed early.

Low-Risk Survivor Clinic

A specialized clinic for children who have a lower risk of long-term effects from treatment. If your child has had few or no lasting effects, this clinic offers a simpler, shorter yearly visit. It’s still thorough, it just makes fewer demands on your family's time.

One-Time Consultation for Adult Survivors

If you were treated for cancer as a child or young adult but never had this kind of follow-up care, we can help. Our team will walk you through the screenings you should be getting, review the warning signs to watch for and discuss ways to support your health going forward. You'll leave with an easy-to-read summary, and we'll also send your primary care provider a detailed report.

Frequently Asked Questions

A survivor program keeps an eye on your child's health after cancer treatment ends. Some cancer survivors experience lasting effects from treatment. Our job is to catch those early and help your child manage them.

Around two years after treatment, survivorship care focuses more on your child’s long-term health and any effects of treatment.

We see patients once a year for five to ten years after treatment ends, whichever is longer, no matter how old your child was when they were diagnosed.

We see any childhood cancer survivor living in Arizona, no matter where they were originally treated. Your family can reach out directly, or your oncologist or pediatrician can refer you.

Yes. We have clinics built just for those survivors, staffed by specialists such as dermatologists, nephrologists, pulmonologists and endocrinologists who understand the specific effects of those treatments.