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Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention
Division of Cancer
Prevention and Control
4770 Buford Hwy, NE
MS K-64
Atlanta, GA 30341-3717
Call: 1 (800) CDC-INFO
TTY: 1 (888) 232-6348
FAX: (770) 488-4760
E-mail: cdcinfo@cdc.gov
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CDC is working with national, state, and local partners to create and implement successful strategies to help the millions of people in the United States who live with, through, and beyond cancer. |
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National Cancer Survivors Day®
Sunday, June 3, 2007, was the 20th anniversary celebration of National Cancer Survivors Day. |
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A Lion in the House
This Emmy® Award-winning documentary spans six years in the lives of five families whose children are undergoing treatment for cancer. |
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Cancer Survivorship Symposium
Experts in a variety of survivorship topics convened in a symposium, which recently produced a report describing the group's recommendations for improving care. |
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Improving Care for Cancer Survivors*
A report by the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies, "From Cancer Patient to Cancer Survivor: Lost in Transition," describes the medical, functional, and psychosocial consequences of cancer and its treatment. |
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Quick Links
Cancer Survivors
Cancer survivors are people who have been diagnosed with cancer and those in their lives who are affected by the diagnosis, including family members, friends, and caregivers.
Fast Facts
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More people diagnosed with cancer are surviving each year |
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The overall 5-year survival rate
for adults diagnosed with
cancer in 1996–2003 is 66%† |
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An estimated 10.8 million Americans are living with a previous diagnosis of cancer† |
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| †Ries LAG, et al (eds).
SEER Cancer Statistics Review, 1975–2004, National Cancer Institute, 2007. |
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