Tools for the Policy and Advocacy Community

This white paper was written to educate policy makers on cancer survivorship issues and describe the priority areas for improving survivorship care.

The number of Americans with a history of cancer is growing due to the aging and growth of the population, as well as improving survival rates. This comprehensive survivorship report was a collaboration with the National Cancer Institute that provides current and projected cancer prevalence estimates for the United States, as well as data from the National Cancer Data Base on treatment patterns, and information on the common effects of cancer and its treatment.