Cancer Survivorship: Improving Care and Quality of Life

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This project will examine the long-term medical and social consequences of cancer treatment and survival and assess the quality of care provided to cancer survivors, individuals living beyond their primary cancer treatment. The reports issued will

define quality care for cancer survivors and propose solutions to enhance access to such care;
explore social and economic hardships facing cancer survivors related to, for example, under-insurance and employment discrimination, and propose policies to ameliorate such problems; and
describe how we can improve what we know about the quality of care and quality of life for cancer survivors and their families.

The committee is currently working on a report focusing on adult survivors of cancer that will conclude with recommended policies to improve the quality of care and life for cancer survivors.

Project Meetings
	Report Release. From Cancer Patient to Cancer Survivor: Lost in Transition	Nov 7, 2005
	ASCO and IOM Symposium on Cancer Survivorship	Nov 8, 2005

Related Reports
		From Cancer Patient to Cancer Survivor: Lost in Transition Nov 7, 2005
		Meeting the Psychosocial Needs of Women with Breast Cancer Jan 28, 2004
		Childhood Cancer Survivorship: Improving Care and Quality of Life Aug 26, 2003


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