In 2016, a number of important milestones for cancer survivorship were ushered in. It was
the 30-year anniversary of the creation of the National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship …

Among the great medical success stories of the 20th century was our ability to turn cancer,
once almost uniformly fatal, into an illness that was curable for more people, and could be …

An estimated 14.5 million cancer survivors currently live in the United States, with this
number expected to increase to 19 million by 2024. 1, 2 These figures highlight the public …

The number of people diagnosed with cancer who live longer than 5 years from diagnosis or
end of acute treatment, along with the number of patients who live with cancer in a chronic …

It is now more than 30 years since a small band of cancer survivors and their caregivers,
along with a handful of professionals, gathered together in Albuquerque, New Mexico, to …

In 2006, the Institute of Medicine recommended that cancer survivors who are completing
primary treatment receive a survivorship care plan (SCP) based on face validity. The state of …

During the last 25 years we have witnessed the remarkable transformation of cancer from an
immediately fatal disease to one in which the majority of individuals receive highly effective …

Today, there are more than 16.9 million cancer survivors in the United States; this number is
projected to grow to 22.2 million by 2030. Although much progress has been made in …

An individual may be considered a cancer survivor from diagnosis through the balance of
their life. 1 In contrast to those with early-stage cancer, survivorship care for people with …

Over the past several decades, the number of cancer survivors has increased dramatically
as a result of improved early detection of first malignancies and effective therapies. There …