title: Population-level trends in posttreatment cancer survivors' concerns and associated receipt of care: results from the 2006 and 2010 LIVESTRONG surveys.
abstract: There is a need to better understand the posttreatment concerns of the nearly 14 million survivors of cancer alive in the United States today and their receipt of care. Using data from 2,910 posttreatment survivors of cancer from the 2006 or 2010 LIVESTRONG Surveys, the authors examined physical, emotional, and practical concerns, receipt of care, and trends in these outcomes at the population level.
  
  
  RESULTS
  89% of respondents reported at least one physical concern (67% received associated posttreatment care), 90% reported at least one emotional concern (47% received care), and 45% reported at least one practical concern (36% received care). Female survivors, younger survivors, those who received more intensive treatment, and survivors without health insurance often reported a higher burden of posttreatment concerns though were less likely to have received posttreatment care. These results reinforce the importance of posttreatment survivorship and underscore the need for continued progress in meeting the needs of this population. Efforts to increase the availability of survivorship care are extremely important to improve the chances of people affected by cancer living as well as possible in the posttreatment period.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Psychiatry , University of Pittsburgh , Pittsburgh , PA , USA.
authors.forename: Ellen Burke
authors.initials: EB
authors.lastname: Beckjord
authors.forename: Kerry A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Reynolds
authors.forename: G J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: van Londen
authors.forename: Rachel
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Burns
authors.forename: Reema
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: Sarah R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Arvey
authors.forename: Stephanie A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Nutt
authors.forename: Ruth
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rechis
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001294:Attitude to Health; D005260:Female; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D020380:Needs Assessment; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy*; D017741:Survivors / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014481:United States