title: Cancer Survivors: The Success Story That's Straining Health Care.
abstract: Since President Richard Nixon declared a "War on Cancer" in 1971, the number of cancer survivors in the United States has quadrupled [1] and is still rising. Thanks to advance in cancer detection and treatment, the almost 15 million cancer survivors in the United States today could grow to some 19 million by 2024 [2]. Increasing survival rates have resulted in a shift: cancer is often treated as a chronic illness rather than a death sentence. However, having so many cancer survivors to monitor, track, and treat has led to growing pains for healthcare providers-forcing them to develop new ways to treat this increasing yet still vulnerable population.
authors.forename: Summer E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Allen
mesh_terms: D000359:Aftercare; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000534:rehabilitation / Q000628:therapy; D017741:Survivors