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Cancer Survivors in the United States: Prevalence across the Survivorship Trajectory and Implications for Care

2013; American Association for Cancer Research; Volume: 22; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1158/1055-9965.epi-12-1356

1538-7755

Janet S. de Moor, Angela B. Mariotto, Carla Parry, Catherine M. Alfano, Lynne Padgett, Erin E. Kent, Laura P. Forsythe, Steve Scoppa, Mark Hachey, Julia H. Rowland,

Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life

Cancer survivors represent a growing population, heterogeneous in their need for medical care, psychosocial support, and practical assistance. To inform survivorship research and practice, this manuscript will describe the prevalent population of cancer survivors in terms of overall numbers and prevalence by cancer site and time since diagnosis.