The LIVESTRONG Survivorship Center of Excellence Network.
BACKGROUND
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.


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.
Shapiro
Charles L
CL
Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, Starling-Loving Hall, Columbus, OH 43210, USA. charles.shapiro@osumc.edu
McCabe
Mary S
MS
Syrjala
Karen L
KL
Friedman
Debra
D
Jacobs
Linda A
LA
Ganz
Patricia A
PA
Diller
Lisa
L
Campell
Marci
M
Orcena
Kathryn
K
Marcus
Alfred C
AC
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