Caring for Patients Through All Levels of Survivorship

The medical terms for living with and beyond a cancer diagnosis identify patients as entering the survivorship phase of their cancer journey. However, as science continues to develop new treatments responsible for extending patients’ lives, new levels of survivorship are being determined.

For many patients, survivorship discussions and future planning can begin as early as day one of diagnosis. Oncology nurses are at the forefront of patient-centered cancer care and are ensuring that patients with all prognoses are able to plan for their future accordingly—whatever that future may bring.