MBBCh, DCH, FRACP, Paediatric Haematologist Oncologist, Director of Survivorship Program, Kids Cancer Centre, Sydney Children’s Hospital, Randwick, NSW; Professor, School of Women’s and Children’s Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
This model of care recommends a systemic, coordinated, multidisciplinary approach to survivorship, using pathways of care that support wellness, disease prevention and cancer surveillance.
Achievement of personalised cancer care requires a system-wide approach that targets the patient, healthcare provider and healthcare system with data informing practice.
A diagnosis of cancer disrupts almost every developmental life stage and continues to affect the child, and potentially their whole family, throughout adulthood.