Connecting With the Cause

Significantly improved survival rates for many cancers, including blood cancers, have resulted in a growing population of cancer survivors:

1. Currently, there are nearly 10 million cancer survivors in the United States.

2. By 2010, it is estimated that 1 in 570 young adults will be survivors of a childhood cancer.

These facts require new strategies to provide optimal follow-up services to survivors, and advocacy to assure that these services are available to all who need them. The Society is championing efforts in both areas. And, the Society is funding survivorship research to characterize the long-term consequences of particular cancer therapies and associate these late effects with potential causes, including specific drug activities and genetic and lifestyle factors.