Cancer survivors face numerous medical and psychosocial challenges, which the medical and public health systems are ill-equipped to deal with. In May 2008, the Massachusetts Comprehensive Cancer Control Coalition conducted a Survivorship Summit to elicit input from cancer survivors and professionals on developing system-level action plans for cancer survivorship issues. We describe how health c...

This editorial provides an up-to-date breakdown of the topics accepted for publication in the Journal of Cancer Survivorship: Research and Practice. The paper also indicates priority problem areas that require attention now and in the future. I also want to take this opportunity to announce that the application for the journal to receive an impact rating as of 2012 was approved. This completes ...

Clinicians, researchers, and survivorship communities are beginning to recognize the late effects of cancer treatment, such as infertility, and the negative impact this can have on cancer survivorship. Reproductive concerns that emerge within cancer experiences have been shown to be negatively associated with quality of life. Gynecologic cancer can present before childbearing has been started o...

longevity, survivorship, and fecundity of trissolcusbasalis wholaston were studied on sunn pest eggs at 17.5, 20, 25, 27, 30 and 35˚c (all ±0.5), 60±5% rh and 16:8 h l:d. the preliminary results revealed an effect of temperature on the mentioned traits. in general, longevity decreased as temperature increased and ranged from 53.28±5.9 to 10.68±1.13 days when temperature leveled up from 17.5 to ...

background: modern knee designs have popularized its use in younger patients due to its better performance. there remains uncertainty whether higher demands of these patients can affect implant survivorship.    purpose: to assess whether modern knee designs have provided similar results in patients younger than 70 years versus older patients. methods: we included 203 consecutive patients (236 k...

BACKGROUND Breast cancer survivors continue to experience physical and psychosocial health care needs post-treatment. Primary care involvement is increasing as cancer centres move forward with earlier discharge of stable breast cancer survivors to primary care follow-up. Research suggests primary care providers (PCPs) are willing to provide survivorship care but many lack knowledge and confiden...

INTRODUCTION Rotator cuff injuries are commonly diagnosed orthopaedic conditions. The purpose of this study was to determine survivorship of primary open cuff repairs, with survivorship defined as a shoulder not requiring additional surgery. MATERIALS AND METHODS Between 1993 and 2004, open cuff repairs were performed in 254 patients (263 shoulders). All had a complete tear of the supraspinat...

Survivorship is a complicated notion because people often confuse a process of survivorship with a mythic identity of being a cancer survivor. This confusion may be a distraction to addressing the real-life struggles and challenges experienced by all people diagnosed with cancer. A more expansive perspective of survivorship, one that attends to patients' physical, psychological, social, spiritu...

e276 Background: The 2015 Commission on Cancer standard requires that cancer survivors receive a personalized survivorship care plan (SCP). There are variations on how this plan is delivered, depending on time and available staff. These can include mailing the SCP, delivering the SCP at the conclusion of a visit, and fully discussing the SCP at a survivorship visit. There is a need to evaluate ...