Publications

Please visit Cancer Survivorship Publications Available Online for a complete list of documents in PDF and HTML formats.

Please visit Scientific Articles about Cancer Survivorship for a complete list of scientific articles by CDC authors.

Download the 2006/2007 Cancer Survivorship Fact Sheet (PDF-271KB).

National Action Plan Materials

A National Action Plan for Cancer Survivorship: Advancing Public Health Strategies (PDF-1MB) Download specific sections of the National Action Plan

"Survive Cancer and Live" brochure (PDF-154KB)

National Reports

National reports focusing on cancer survivorship:

• Cancer Care for the Whole Patient: Meeting Psychosocial Healthcare Needs* (2008). Committee on Psychosocial Services to Cancer Patients/Families in a Community Setting, Nancy E. Adler and Ann E. K. Page, Editors, National Academies Press, Washington, DC.



• National Cancer Policy Board (2005) From Cancer Patient to Cancer Survivor: Lost in Transition.* Maria Hewitt, Sheldon Greenfield, and Ellen Stovall, Editors, National Academies Press, Washington, DC.



• Lance Armstrong Foundation, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2004) A National Action Plan for Cancer Survivorship: Advancing Public Health Strategies. Atlanta, Georgia: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.



• President's Cancer Panel (2004) Living Beyond Cancer: Finding a New Balance. (PDF-3.3MB) Bethesda, MD: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Cancer Institute.



• National Cancer Policy Board (2004) Meeting Psychosocial Needs of Women with Breast Cancer.* Maria Hewitt, Roger Herdman, and Jimmie Holland, Editors, National Academies Press, Washington, DC.



• National Cancer Policy Board (2003) Childhood Cancer Survivorship: Improving Care and Quality of Life.* Hewitt M, Weiner SL, Simone JV (eds). National Academy of Sciences: Washington, DC.

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