Skip directly to search Skip directly to A to Z list Skip directly to site content
CDC Home

National Cancer Survivors Conference — June 18–20, 2014

Each year on National Cancer Survivors Day (held June 1 this year), CDC and its partners celebrate advances in cancer survivorship and reflect on the challenges facing approximately 13.4 million cancer survivors nationally. This year, CDC's Division of Cancer Prevention and Control Survivorship Workgroup celebrates its 10th anniversary of public health work in cancer survivorship through research, surveillance, programs, systems, and environmental changes. CDC also conducts economic research to understand cancer survivorship and its impact on medical costs, out-of-pocket costs, lost productivity, employment, health insurance, and access to care (1–3).

To promote cancer survivorship as a growing public health concern, CDC is cosponsoring the 7th Biennial Cancer Survivorship Research Conference, "Advancing Survivorship Care Through Multilevel Collaborations," June 18–20, 2014, in Atlanta, Georgia (http://www.cancer.org/subsites/survivorship2014).

CDC supports states and tribal organizations in setting goals for survivorship in their comprehensive cancer control plans. The National Cancer Survivorship Resource Center (http://www.cancer.org/survivorshipcenter) also provides cancer survivorship materials that promote healthy behaviors to reduce the effects of cancer and its treatment. Additional information is available at http://www.cdc.gov/cancer/survivorship.

References

  1. Ekwueme DU, Yabroff KR, Guy GP, et al. Medical costs and productivity losses of cancer survivors—United States, 2008–2011. MMWR 2014;63:505–10.
  2. Guy GP, Yabroff KR, Ekwueme DU, et al. Estimating the health and economic burden of cancer among those diagnosed as adolescents and young adults. Health Aff 2014;33:1024–31.
  3. Dowling EC, Chawla N, Forsythe LP, et al. Lost productivity and burden of illness in cancer survivors with and without other chronic conditions. Cancer 2013;119:3393–401.


Use of trade names and commercial sources is for identification only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

References to non-CDC sites on the Internet are provided as a service to MMWR readers and do not constitute or imply endorsement of these organizations or their programs by CDC or the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. CDC is not responsible for the content of pages found at these sites. URL addresses listed in MMWR were current as of the date of publication.


All MMWR HTML versions of articles are electronic conversions from typeset documents. This conversion might result in character translation or format errors in the HTML version. Users are referred to the electronic PDF version (http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr) and/or the original MMWR paper copy for printable versions of official text, figures, and tables. An original paper copy of this issue can be obtained from the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO), Washington, DC 20402-9371; telephone: (202) 512-1800. Contact GPO for current prices.

**Questions or messages regarding errors in formatting should be addressed to mmwrq@cdc.gov.

 
USA.gov: The U.S. Government's Official Web PortalDepartment of Health and Human Services
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention   1600 Clifton Road Atlanta, GA 30329-4027, USA
800-CDC-INFO (800-232-4636) TTY: (888) 232-6348 - Contact CDC–INFO
A-Z Index
  1. A
  2. B
  3. C
  4. D
  5. E
  6. F
  7. G
  8. H
  9. I
  10. J
  11. K
  12. L
  13. M
  14. N
  15. O
  16. P
  17. Q
  18. R
  19. S
  20. T
  21. U
  22. V
  23. W
  24. X
  25. Y
  26. Z
  27. #