The US population of cancer survivors age≥ 65 years will continue to grow rapidly over the
next few decades. This growth will be driven largely by the aging of the national population …

Julia H. Rowland, Rosemary Yancik for which latest figures are available, only 15 (7%) of
the 212 studies examining survivors' posttreatment outcomes that were supported National …

Cancer is primarily a disease of the elderly. Greater than 60% of new cancers occur in
people aged> 65 years, and 60% of the current 10 million cancer survivors are aged≥ 65 …

Advances in early detection, treatment, and supportive care have resulted in an estimated
16 million cancer survivors who are alive in the United States today. Outcomes have notably …

Introduction. Seminal advances in early detection of and treatment strategies for cancer
have led to burgeoning numbers of cancer survivors. While most therapeutic modalities for …

Given the high incidence and prevalence of cancer in older adults and the anticipated
growth of this population over the next few decades, oncologists, geriatricians, and primary …

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 …

The United States devotes substantial resources to understanding the etiologies of cancer
and improving treatments, but much less research has focused on the needs of cancer …

There are almost 14-million cancer survivors in the United States and the population is
growing. Almost two-thirds of these survivors are age 65 or older. Given this, it is imperative …

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 …