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Cancer Survivorship: A New Challenge in Comprehensive Cancer Control

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Cancer survivors are a growing population in the United States because of earlier cancer diagnosis, the aging of society, and more effective risk reduction and treatment. Concerns about the long-term physical, psychosocial, and economic effects of cancer treatment on cancer survivors and their families are increasingly being recognized and addressed by public, private, and non-profit organizations. The purpose of this paper is to discuss how survivorship fits within the framework of comprehensive cancer control. We summarize three national reports on cancer survivorship and highlight how various organizations and programs are striving to address the needs of cancer survivors through public health planning, including the challenges these groups face and the gaps in knowledge and available services. As cancer survivorship issues are being recognized, many organizations have objectives and programs to address concerns of those diagnosed with cancer. However, better coordination and dissemination may decrease overlap and increase the reach of efforts and there is limited evidence for the effectiveness and impact of these efforts.

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  1. Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Hwy NE, Mailstop K-55, Atlanta, GA, 30341-3717, USA

    Lori A. Pollack & Steven S. Coughlin

  2. American Cancer Society, Atlanta, GA, USA

    Greta E. Greer

  3. Office of Cancer Survivorship, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA

    Julia H. Rowland

  4. Lance Armstrong Foundation, Austin, TX, USA

    Andy Miller & Doug Ulman

  5. National Coalition of Cancer Survivorship, Silver Springs, MD, USA

    Donna Doneski & Ellen Stovall

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Pollack, L.A., Greer, G.E., Rowland, J.H. et al. Cancer Survivorship: A New Challenge in Comprehensive Cancer Control. Cancer Causes Control 16 (Suppl 1), 51–59 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10552-005-0452-x

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