[MP3 audio] Daniel Mulrooney, M.D., M.S., describes a typical first visit to the Long-Term Follow-Up Clinic, which is housed in the Masonic Cancer Center building.

Health professionals at the Long-Term Follow-Up Clinic at the University of Minnesota are equipped to address a vast array of needs facing childhood cancer survivors, from screening for treatment-specific medical concerns to coping with learning or memory problems to handling employment and insurance issues.

Long-term follow-up care is for survivors of childhood cancer who are at least five years out from their diagnosis or at least three years out from a blood or marrow stem cell transplant. You need not have received cancer therapy at the University to visit the Long-Term Follow-Up Clinic.

Because your risk for late effects depends largely on the type of cancer treatments you had, the Long-Term Follow-Up Clinic provides you with an in-depth summary of the types of treatment you had and in what doses. A copy of the summary is sent to your primary care provider as well.

The Long-Term Follow-Up Clinic is operated by University of Minnesota Physicians, the physician practice group for University of Minnesota Medical School faculty members.

To learn more or to schedule an appointment, call the clinic at 612-625-5411 or visit the Long-Term Follow-Up Clinic's Web site.

The Growing Up After Cancer section of the Masonic Cancer Center Web site was produced by University of Minnesota School of Journalism and Mass Communication graduate student Nicole Endres. The section's medical content was written under the advisement of Masonic Cancer Center member Joseph Neglia, M.D., M.P.H.