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Cancer Care and Survivorship Planning: Promises and Challenges

American Cancer Society, Atlanta, GA

Corresponding author: Len Lichtenfeld, MD, MACP, Deputy Chief Medical Officer, American Cancer Society, Cancer Control Science, 250 Williams St, Atlanta, GA 30303; len.lichtenfeld@cancer.org

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	Introduction

 
At the September 2008 Cancer Quality Alliance meeting, and throughout this Special Series of articles, various stakeholders have highlighted the promise of improved cancer treatment and survivorship planning. It is worth reiterating that much of the need for survivorship planning is a sign of medicine's success. Improvements in early detection and treatment have resulted in a substantial increase in the number of cancer survivors. Data from the National Cancer Institute suggest that in 1972 there were approximately 3 million cancer survivors alive in the United States.¹ In 2005, that number approached 11 million; in 2008, the number exceeded 12 million.^1(p18)

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