Cancer Survivorship Care in the United States at Facilities Accredited by the Commission on Cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Since 2021, American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer (CoC) accreditation standards require providing a survivorship program for patients with adult-onset cancer treated with curative intent. Since more than 70% of all patients with cancer in the US are treated at CoC-accredited facilities, this presents an opportunity for a landscape analysis of survivorship care availability.

Objective

To determine the prevalence, types, and outcomes of cancer survivorship services at CoC-accredited facilities.

Design, setting, and participants

This survey study used an anonymous, online, cross-sectional survey conducted from May 4 to 25, 2023. Participants were CoC-accredited facilities in the US representing diverse CoC program categories, institutional characte

SUBMITTER: Stal J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11222991 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature