Hematology
Welcome to your home for all things Mayo Clinic Hematology. At Mayo Clinic, hematologists work in collaboration with teams of experts from virtually every medical and surgical specialty for the care of adults and children with blood diseases, including various cancers of the blood and bone marrow.
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What happens after a patient has undergone and finished treatment for lymphoma? Mayo Clinic Hematologist, Carrie A. Thompson, M.D., discusses lymphoma survivorship, post-treatment appointments, and creating a long-term plan for patients.
After treatment cycles have finished, patients meet with an advance practice provider to discuss how things have gone for them over the past cycles of treatment. The provider and patient will discuss:
“Sometimes in the business of chemotherapy and going through treatment, issues such as how treatment affects day-to-day routines like work and your social well-being get pushed to the side," says Dr. Thompson. "This is a nice time to stop and reflect on how cancer has affected a patient and what we can do about it.”
During the appointments, the provider and patient create what is a called a survivorship care plan – a brief document summarizing the patient’s diagnosis and specific treatments. The document serves as a permanent record the patient can take with them for treatment down road if necessary. Mayo Clinic’s survivorship appointment and care plan addresses the patient as a whole person and how they can best remain healthy in the long-term.
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