title: Evidence-Based Cancer Survivorship Activities for Comprehensive Cancer Control.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  One of six priorities of CDC's National Comprehensive Cancer Control Program (NCCCP) is to address the needs of cancer survivors within the local population served by individually funded states, tribes, and territories. This report examines cancer survivorship activities implemented in five NCCCP grantees, which have initiated evidence-based activities outlined in A National Action Plan for Cancer Survivorship: Advancing Public Health Strategies (NAP).
  
  
  METHODS
  NCCCP action plans, submitted annually to CDC, from 2010 to 2014 were reviewed in February 2015 to assess implementation of cancer survivorship activities and recommended strategies consistent with the NAP. Four state-level and one tribal grantee with specific activities related to one of each of the four NAP strategies were chosen for inclusion. Brief case reports describing the initiation and impact of implemented activities were developed in collaboration with each grantee program director.
  
  
  RESULTS
  New Mexico, South Carolina, Vermont, Washington state, and Fond Du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa programs each implemented activities in surveillance and applied research; communication, education, and training; programs, policies, and infrastructure; and access to quality care and services.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This report provides examples for incorporating cancer survivorship activities within Comprehensive Cancer Control programs of various sizes, demographic makeup, and resource capacity. New Mexico, South Carolina, Vermont, Washington state, and Fond Du Lac Band developed creative cancer survivorship activities that meet CDC recommendations. NCCCP grantees can follow these examples by implementing evidence-based survivorship interventions that meet the needs of their specific populations.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, CDC, Atlanta, Georgia. Electronic address: jmunderwood@cdc.gov.
authors.forename: J Michael
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Underwood
authors.affiliation: Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, CDC, Atlanta, Georgia.
authors.forename: Naheed
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Lakhani
authors.affiliation: Fond du Lac Human Services Division, Community Health Services Department, Cloquet, Minnesota.
authors.forename: DeAnna
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Finifrock
authors.affiliation: New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Program, New Mexico Department of Health, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
authors.forename: Beth
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Pinkerton
authors.affiliation: Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, Bureau of Community Health & Chronic Disease Prevention, South Carolina Department of Health & Environmental Control, Columbia, South Carolina.
authors.forename: Krystal L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.affiliation: Vermont Comprehensive Cancer Control Program, Vermont Department of Health, Burlington, Vermont.
authors.forename: Sharon H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Mallory
authors.affiliation: Washington State Comprehensive Cancer Control Program, Office of Healthy Communities, Washington State Department of Health, Olympia, Washington.
authors.forename: Patricia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Migliore Santiago
authors.affiliation: Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, CDC, Atlanta, Georgia.
authors.forename: Sherri L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Stewart
mesh_terms: D002487:Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S.; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D017144:Focus Groups; D058015:Health Communication; D006266:Health Education; D006284:Health Plan Implementation; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000517:prevention & control; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D017741:Survivors; D014481:United States