PURPOSE Cancer survivorship care plans (SCPs) are currently used in care settings to assist survivors during the transition from treatment to survivorship. In this paper, the experiences of cancer survivors are examined to provide their perspective of how survivorship care plans are used in practice. METHODS A systematic review and critical review of the qualitative literature regarding the e...

Foraging behaviour under the risk of predation has important consequences on an individual's survivorship and fitness. In bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus), we have recently shown that offspring sired by males of alternative life histories differ in their foraging behaviour. Specifically, offspring sired by 'cuckolder' males take fewer risks during foraging than do offspring sired by 'parental' ma...

Late effects of therapy for childhood cancer are frequent and serious. Fortunately, many late effects are also modifiable. Proactive and anticipatory risk-based care can reduce the frequency and severity of treatment-related morbidity. The primary care clinician should be an integral component in risk-based care of survivors. Continued communication between the "late effects" staff at the cance...

This editorial considers the shortcomings of assessing outcome after joint replacement only by the survival of the implant. Survivorship of a prosthesis is used as an objective outcome measure to determine whether surgery has been a success or a failure. It is clearly important to know the length of time that an implant has remained in place so that any early failure of a new implant may be ide...

Introduction The problem of disparities in medical care and clinical outcomes affecting people of color and those living in poverty is convincingly documented by a growing body of evidence from many fields of medicine (1). Cancer care is no exception (2, 3). An often neglected question is what academic health centers can and should do to correct this problem. Clearly, the academic centers are n...