Now a major doctors’ group is creating easy-to-fill-out checklists that survivors can hand to future physicians – what checkups to get and when, what late side effects their treatment may trigger, what new symptoms to watch for.

The American Society for Clinical Oncology recently posted the first such documents – for colorectal and breast cancer – on its Web site, free to copy and customize. ASCO is developing guides for other leading malignancies – lung cancer is next – and a more general plan for less common cancers.