ASPO Report Cancer Prevention after Cancer: Changing the Paradigm—a Report from the American Society of Preventive Oncology

The increasing number of cancer survivors has led to a growing need to reorient a focus in the care of these individuals on health promotion. In 2010, there were an estimated 12.5million cancer survivors, a figure projected to increase steadily over the next several years (1). Almost two-thirds of these survivors have lived with a cancer diagnosis for 5 or more years, and approximately 1.1 million cancer survivors will have lived with a cancer diagnosis for 25 or more years (2, 3). The numbers are even more impressive for childhood cancer survivors, where 10-year survival is approximately 75 % (4). Because of earlier detection, improved diagnostic techniques, more effective treatment, and improved follow-up after treatment (3), more individuals will be living long-term with cancer; either cured of it or living with it as a chroni