The number of long-term cancer survivors has continued to grow over the past several decades. With this growth has come the recognition that many cancer survivors have unique health care needs as a consequence of their cancer or the treatments they received.
To better understand the composition of the cancer survivor population and their other medical conditions, or comorbidities, the researchers made projections based on data from NCI’s Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) program, including the SEER-Medicare linked database, and the U.S. Census Bureau.
A unique aspect of the study, published July 1 in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, was that the researchers were able to assess specific cancer burden by age groups of older survivors.
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