What happens next?
Published: Aug 2025
Next review: Aug 2028
An information guide for teenagers on follow-up care and re-adjusting to life after finishing cancer treatment.
After months or even years of tests, side effects, scans, hospitals, doctors and ward life, you will likely feel happy and relieved that you are now out on the other side. But perhaps it all feels a bit strange and you don’t feel as happy as you expected?
Many young patients are surprised by the mix of different emotions that they experience in the weeks and months after finishing treatment, and this is completely normal. You might find that you have lots of questions about your cancer experience and what the future will hold for you.
We hope this booklet will answer some of these questions and help you to adjust to everyday life again.
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How this resource was made
This edition was reviewed by Helen Woodman (Advanced Nurse Practitioner — Late effects), and Emma Shirvington (Health & Wellbeing Coordinator — Late effects), Birmingham Children’s Hospital, who reviewed this booklet on behalf of the CCLG Late Effects Special Interest Group in conjunction with the CCLG Information Advisory Group comprising parents, carers, survivors and multiprofessional experts in the field of children and young people’s cancer.
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