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The LIVESTRONG Survivorship Center of Excellence Network

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Abstract

Introduction

The LIVESTRONG™ Survivorship Center of Excellence Network consists of eight National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Centers funded by the LAF between 2004 and 2008. The Network was created to accelerate the pace of progress in addressing the needs of the growing survivor community.

Methods

This paper will briefly describe some of the salient issues surrounding the care of cancer survivors, and examine models of survivorship care that are being developed in individual Centers of Excellence (COE) as well as in the overall Network.

Results and Conclusions

As the recommendations and policies for optimal survivorship care have to be feasible and relevant in the community setting, each COE is partnered with up to three community affiliates. Through these partnerships, the community affiliates develop survivorship initiatives at their institutions with support and guidance from their primary COE.

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Acknowledgements:

We gratefully acknowledge the contributions of the Network Steering Committee including Larry Shulman, Barbara Jones, Shelia Santacroce, Majorie Kagawa-Singer, Susan Leigh and Sheldon Greenfield. In addition, the Lance Armstrong Foundation staff, including Suzanne Kho, Director of Programs and Grants, and Caroline Huffman, Senior Program Officer, Survivorship Center Initiative.

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  1. Debra Friedman

    Present address: Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, Starling-Loving Hall, Rm B405, 320 West 10th Street, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA

    Charles L. Shapiro & Kathryn Orcena

  2. Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA

    Mary S. McCabe

  3. Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA

    Karen L. Syrjala & Debra Friedman

  4. Abramson Cancer Center, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA

    Linda A. Jacobs

  5. Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    Patricia A. Ganz

  6. Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA

    Lisa Diller

  7. Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA

    Marci Campell

  8. AMC Cancer Research Center, University of Colorado Cancer Center, Denver, CO, USA

    Alfred C. Marcus

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Shapiro, C.L., McCabe, M.S., Syrjala, K.L. et al. The LIVESTRONG Survivorship Center of Excellence Network. J Cancer Surviv 3, 4–11 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11764-008-0076-8

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