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Get Empowered

Get Empowered is a video education for anyone who is still in treatment or a long-term survivor of childhood cancers. Treatment is just part of your cancer journey — learning to protect your health and embrace your survivorship is a lifelong job. Watch these videos to learn from the experiences of seven childhood cancer survivors and take the first step in becoming an empowered childhood cancer survivor.

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Introduction to childhood cancer and its impact on adult survivors

Introduction to childhood cancer and its impact on adult survivors

Aarati Didwania, MD, Medical Director, STAR Program

Karen Kinahan, RN, APN, Nurse Practitioner, STAR Program

Lynne Wagner, PhD, Clinical Health Psychologist

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Transitioning to adult healthcare

Transitioning to adult healthcare

Karen Kinahan, RN, APN, Nurse Practitioner, STAR Program

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Cardiac risk factors, prevention and late effects

Cardiac risk factors, prevention and late effects

Vera Rigolin, MD, Cardiologist

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Fertility

Fertility

Kristin Smith, Oncofertility Patient Manager

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Finding a "new normal" and the emotional side of survivorship

Finding a "new normal" and the emotional side of survivorship

Lynne Wagner, PhD, Clinical Health Psychologist

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Contact Us

For more information, please contact:
Karen Kinahan, DNP, APN, FNP-BC
Nurse Practitioner
312-695-0990