The specialist service, which was established in 2009, helps patients deal with a range of physical and emotional effects of treatment, including nerve damage, infertility, heart problems and post-traumatic stress difficulties.
Mrs Kramer, from Bawtry, near Doncaster, said the support she had received was “life-changing” and “life-affirming”.
“It allowed me to dream that I had a future, that I had a future with my family and that I was able to lead what I call my ‘normal life’,” she said.
Prof Diana Greenfield, a nurse consultant, who founded the service, said there was a growing population of cancer survivors – which she described as a “medical success story” – but said many would have “increased needs” because of treatment.
“The most common problems are cancer-related pain and cancer-related fatigue, and those can be really debilitating and prevent people from their normal activities,” she said.
“Those are the things we need to address to support people to live normally and return to normal life.”
