Driven largely by the aging of the U.S. population, combined with advances in early detection and the effectiveness of cancer treatments, long-term survivorship is becoming a reality for many people diagnosed with cancer.
The number of U.S. cancer survivors is projected to increase to 26.1 million by 2040, up from 15.5 million today, and most will be seniors, according to Shirley M. Bluethmann, PhD, MPH, a postdoctoral cancer prevention fellow in the Division of Cancer