Survivorship

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Data

State Cancer Profiles (CDC, NCI) - Statistics for prioritizing cancer control efforts

• Incidence Rates
  NOTE: Incidence rates are available for planning purposes.
• Prevalence Projections (Breast Cancer Only)

Collaboration

Research to Reality (NCI)

• Interactive community of practice for discussion, learning, and enhanced collaboration around evidence-based practice
• Survivorship Information

Research Synthesis

• Health Behavior Outcomes
• Physical activity
• Physical activity interventions to improve daily walking activity in cancer survivors (Knols et al., 2010)
• Tobacco Use
• Smoking prevention and cessation interventions for cancer survivors (de Moor et al, 2008)
• Psychological Outcomes
• Psychological Intervention
• Effect of psychosocial intervention on quality of life in adult cancer patients (Rehse et al., 2003)
• Effect of mindfulness based therapy on symptoms of anxiety and depression (Piet et al., 2012)
• Psychosocial interventions for depression, anxiety and quality of life in cancer survivors (Osborn et al., 2006)
• Behavioral and Psychological Interventions
• Effectiveness of behavioral technique and physical exercise on psychosocial functioning and health-related quality of life (Duijts et al., 2011)
• Interventions for psychosexual dysfunction in women treated for gynecological malignancies (Flynn et al., 2009)
• Behavioral Interventions
• Yoga for breast cancer patients and survivors (Cramer et al., 2012)
• Physiological Outcomes
• Pain
• Effects of psychoeducational interventions on pain (Devine et al., 2003)
• Fatigue
• Systematic review and meta-analysis of psychological and activity-based interventions for cancer-related fatigue (Jacobsen et al., 2007)
• Cancer-related fatigue: a systematic and meta-analytic review of non-pharmacological therapies for cancer patients (Kangas et al., 2008)
• Both Psychological and Physiological Outcomes
• Behavioral Interventions
• Update of controlled physical activity trials in cancer survivors (Speck et al., 2010)
• Physical and psychological benefits of yoga in breast cancer patients and survivors (Buffart et al., 2012)
• Survival
• Psychosocial interventions and survival (Smedslund & Ringdal, 2004)
• Physical activity and survival after breast cancer diagnosis: meta-analysis of published studies (Ibrahim et al., 2011)
• Physical activity biomarkers and disease outcomes in breast cancer survivors (Ballard-Barbash et al., 2012)
• Patterns/Quality of Care
• Models of care for post-treatment follow up of adult cancer survivors (Howell et al., 2012)

Other Reviews and Reports

• Psychosocial concerns and interventions for cancer survivors (Stanton, 2006)
• Effectiveness of behavioral interventions to modify physical activity behaviors in general populations and cancer patients and survivors (AHRQ, 2004)
• From Cancer Patient to Cancer Survivor: Lost in Transition (IOM Executive Office, 2005)

Additional reviews from evidence-based practice centers (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)) are available on http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/epcindex.htm#hematology

Programs

Research-tested Intervention Programs (NCI) - Summary statements, ratings and program materials from cancer prevention and control studies

• Survivorship

Sample program:

• The Impact of Dyadic Social Support on Self-Efficacy & Depression after Radical Prostatectomy

Evaluation

Reach Effectiveness Adoption Implementation Maintenance (RE-AIM)

• This site provides an explanation of and resources for those wanting to apply the RE-AIM framework; the RE-AIM framework is designed to enhance the quality, speed, and public health impact of efforts to translate research into practice

Plan

Guidance for Comprehensive Cancer Control Planning (CDC) - Guidance for linking research to practice
International Plans for Comprehensive Cancer Control
US Plans for Comprehensive Cancer Control
Prevention & Care Management (AHRQ) - Resources and materials for linking research and practice