Personalized care
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Initial visit
- Young women are assessed by the PYNK nurse to determine the needs of each patient and her family.
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Staging and treatment plan
- The nurse helps support the patient with decision-making and also acts as a system navigator, enabling patients to receive timely referrals to a variety of specialists such as fertility experts, plastic surgeons and geneticists.
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Active treatment
- Patients and their families need ongoing psychological support and maximum practical support. The latter may include information about nutrition, exercise, wigs, age-appropriate books for children, babysitting services, or referral to a child-life specialist.
Learn more about our Child Life Home Sessions for Children
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Follow-up care
- The nurse helps the patient get back to a “new normal” life, including return to work, and deal with any long-term toxicities of treatment such as chest pain, lymphedema or sexual dysfunction. Patients contemplating getting pregnant benefit from the significant expertise of our team.