ACE program facts

ACE program facts

• Database includes patients ranging in age from 4 to 62 years of age.
• ACE nurse practitioners are active in the Children's Oncology Group (COG) Nursing Discipline Late Effects Subcommittee and in ongoing development of national late-effect monitoring protocols.
• The team is active in the state and local American Cancer Society's Childhood Cancer Conference.
• ACE team members have been invited speakers at national and international conferences on various late-effect topics. Continuing education is offered to internal medicine residents, Children's Medical Center staff and professionals entering the long-term follow-up subspecialty. The program also serves as a community resource.

Childhood cancer survivorship links

• CureSearch Survivorship Guidelines
  • Introduction to Long-Term Follow-Up
  • Educational Issues
  • Thyroid Problems
  • Heart Health
  • Bone Health
• American Cancer Society
• Camp Mak-A-Dream
• Childhood Cancer Survivor Study
• CureSearch
• Gilda's Club North Texas
• Lance Armstrong Foundation
• National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship
• National Cancer Institute
• Planet Cancer
• SuperSibs!
• Starlight Starbright Children's Foundation
• The Young Heroes Scholarship
• Other Cancer Survivor Scholarship Information