Cancer survivorship: rethinking the cancer control continuum.
OBJECTIVE
The implications of the changing face of cancer survivors and the survivorship experience for health promotion are explored.


METHODS
National Cancer Institute and Office of Cancer Survivorship, and research and journal articles.


CONCLUSIONS
Health promotion has become one of the most rapidly expanding topics of interest in the broader arena of survivorship research.


CONCLUSIONS
Nurses have been vital champions for a holistic or 'whole person' approach to cancer care and are uniquely positioned to play a central role in ensuring that we deliver on the promise of a valued future life for each cancer survivor and family member alive. Promoting healthy lifestyle behaviors is one of those roles.
Rowland
Julia H
JH
National Cancer Institute, NIH/DHHS, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA. rowlandj@mail.nih.gov
D000328:Adult; D000359:Aftercare; D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D003266:Continuity of Patient Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017281:Cost of Illness; D005260:Female; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006694:Holistic Health; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D054547:National Cancer Institute (U.S.); D009369:Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009859:Oncology Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology; D017678:Sex Distribution; D017741:Survivors / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology