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Suggested Citation:"Abstract." Institute of Medicine and National Research Council. 2006. From Cancer Patient to Cancer Survivor: Lost in Transition: An American Society of Clinical Oncology and Institute of Medicine Symposium. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11613.
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Abstract

In this report, the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) and the Institute of Medicine (IOM) present a one-day symposium that was held at the IOM to further disseminate the conclusions and recommendations of the joint IOM and National Research Council report, From Cancer Patient to Cancer Survivor: Lost in Transition. The symposium was introduced by Dr. Sandra Horning, President of ASCO; and Dr. Fitzhugh Mullan, IOM member and one of the founders of the National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship (NCCS). At a plenary session in the morning, four invited experts from academia, the National Quality Forum, and the NCCS gave presentations on: (1) meeting the needs of cancer survivors with an overview of the IOM report’s recommendations; (2) implementing the cancer survivorship care plan and coordinating care; (3) developing guidelines, instituting quality improvement, and strengthening professional education programs; and (4) addressing research gaps. In the afternoon, the following six breakout sessions were held where invited speakers gave presentations and moderators engaged the audience in discussion: (1) implementing the cancer survivorship care plan and coordinating care, moderated by Dr. Sheldon Greenfield, University of California, Irvine; (2) building bridges between oncology and primary care providers, moderated by Dr. Steven Woolf, Virginia Commonwealth University; (3) developing and testing models of survivorship care, moderated by Dr. Patricia Ganz, University of California, Los Angeles; (4) developing guidelines, instituting quality improvement, and strengthening professional education programs, moderated by Dr. John Ayanian, Harvard Medical School; (5) making better use of psychosocial and community support services; addressing

Suggested Citation:"Abstract." Institute of Medicine and National Research Council. 2006. From Cancer Patient to Cancer Survivor: Lost in Transition: An American Society of Clinical Oncology and Institute of Medicine Symposium. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11613.
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employment and insurance issues, moderated by Ms. Ellen Stovall, NCCS; and (6) investing in survivorship research, moderated by Dr. Patricia Ganz, University of California, Los Angeles. Dr. Fitzhugh Mullan provided reflections at lunch over the morning’s presentations and discussions. A wrap-up session at the end of the day summarized the issues raised during the breakout sessions.

Suggested Citation:"Abstract." Institute of Medicine and National Research Council. 2006. From Cancer Patient to Cancer Survivor: Lost in Transition: An American Society of Clinical Oncology and Institute of Medicine Symposium. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11613.
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Suggested Citation:"Abstract." Institute of Medicine and National Research Council. 2006. From Cancer Patient to Cancer Survivor: Lost in Transition: An American Society of Clinical Oncology and Institute of Medicine Symposium. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11613.
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This report of the proceedings of a symposium held in conjunction with the release of the IOM report, From Cancer Patient to Cancer Survivor: Lost in Transition, represents an effort on the part of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), the National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship (NCCS), and the Institute of Medicine (IOM) to further disseminate the findings and recommendations of the IOM report and to take the next step toward implementation of those recommendations. The symposium and this report serve as important vehicles to raise awareness, fill gaps that have existed in cancer patients' long-term care, and chart a course for quality care for cancer survivors and their families. More than 100 stakeholders in the cancer community, including survivors, advocates, healthcare providers, government officials, insurers and payers, and researchers participated in the symposium.

This report culminates a series of work at the IOM focused on cancer survivorship. The idea to embark on a major study of cancer survivorship within the National Academies originated with the National Cancer Policy Board (NCPB). The NCPB was established in 1997 in the IOM and the National Research Council's Division of Earth and Life Studies at the request of the National Cancer Institute (NCI), the National Institutes of Health, and the President's Cancer Panel. The NCPB identified emerging policy issues in the nation's effort to combat cancer, and prepared reports that address those issues, including a series of reports on topics ranging from cancer prevention to end-of-life care.

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