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Notice to Readers: Cancer Survivorship --- June 2008
National Cancer Survivors Day was June 1. Throughout the month of June, CDC is focusing attention on the needs
of cancer survivors. Currently, approximately 11 million persons in the United States are living with a previously
diagnosed cancer, a threefold increase from the estimated 3 million persons who were living with cancer in 1971
(1,2).
Today, approximately 65% of persons diagnosed with cancer are expected to live at least 5 years after diagnosis
(2), but disparities in health care can affect survival. Low-income persons who have inadequate or no health insurance
coverage are more likely to be diagnosed with cancer
at later stages, when the potential for survival is reduced
(3).
The National Action Plan for Cancer Survivorship
(4), developed by CDC, the Lance Armstrong Foundation,
and multiple partners, identified public health needs of cancer survivors and proposed strategies to meet those
needs. Additional information, including descriptions of CDC's cancer survivorship research initiatives and partnerships
and links to national publications highlighting health-care needs of cancer survivors is available at
http://www.cdc.gov/features/cancersurvivors.
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Available at http://seer.cancer.gov/csr/1975_2004.
Schwartz KL, Crossley-May H, Vigneau FD, Brown K, Banerjee M. Race, socioeconomic status and stage at diagnosis for five common
malignancies. Cancer Causes Control 2003;14:761--6.
CDC, Lance Armstrong Foundation. A national action plan for cancer survivorship: advancing public health strategies. Atlanta, GA:
US Department of Health and Human Services, CDC; 2004.
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