Advances in medicine mean more and more patients are surviving cancer, including people who had cancer as children. But do treatments, such as radiation and chemotherapy, as well as the cancer itself mean these people could face other medical risks as they age?

Dr. Patricia Shearer directs the Cancer Survivor Program at the University of Maryland Medical Center, where a medical team guides patients and their families through the additional challenges they may face, including possible heart and kidney damage, hormonal issues, fatigue and anxiety.