Cancer Survivors

"Cancer Survivors" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Persons who have experienced prolonged survival with or the following neoplastic disease and the impact of the disease on the individual, family members, and significant others.

Descriptor ID	D000073116
MeSH Number(s)	M01.860.350
Concept/Terms	Cancer Survivors Cancer Survivors Cancer Survivor Survivors, Cancer Long-Term Cancer Survivors Long-Term Cancer Survivors Cancer Survivor, Long-Term Cancer Survivors, Long-Term Long Term Cancer Survivors Long-Term Cancer Survivor Survivor, Long-Term Cancer Survivors, Long-Term Cancer Survivors of Childhood Cancer. Survivors of Childhood Cancer.

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Named Groups [M]
Persons [M01]
Survivors [M01.860]
Cancer Survivors [M01.860.350]

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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Cancer Survivors" by people in this website by year, and whether "Cancer Survivors" was a major or minor topic of these publications.

Bar chart showing 70 publications over 10 distinct years, with a maximum of 14 publications in 2019

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2016	2	0	2
2017	3	1	4
2018	10	0	10
2019	11	3	14
2020	6	1	7
2021	6	2	8
2022	6	1	7
2023	8	0	8
2024	8	0	8
2025	2	0	2

Below are the most recent publications written about "Cancer Survivors" by people in Profiles.

Perez Ramirez A, McDonnell GA, Buff K, Pierce J, Wohlheiter K, Guarino S, Kazak AE, Alderfer MA. Attending to Adolescents' Well-Being During Their Transition off Cancer Treatment: Perspectives from a Nationwide Crowdsourcing Study. J Adolesc Young Adult Oncol. 2025 10; 14(5):420-433.

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Flores DN, Moerdler S, Palmisiano N, Parsons SK, Roth ME, Devine KA. Transition to Survivorship Care for Adolescents and Young Adults (AYAs) with Acute Leukemia: Provider Perspectives. J Adolesc Young Adult Oncol. 2025 10; 14(5):434-441.

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Valcarcel B, Savage KJ, Link BK, Leonard JP, Kelly KM, Thanarajasingam G, Cerhan JR, Pro B, Gordon LI, Thompson CA, Smith SM, Morton LM. Comparison of Survivorship Care Guidelines for Patients With Lymphoma: Recommendations for Harmonization and Future Research Agenda. JCO Oncol Pract. 2025 Jun; 21(6):801-812.

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Panzone JM, Rood GJ, Wu MS, Chino F, Morgans A, Chandrasekar T, Basnet A, Bratslavsky G, Goldberg H. COVID-19 testing and financial toxicity in cancer survivors. Support Care Cancer. 2024 Nov 23; 32(12):819.

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Kim HJ, Griffith KA, Ricciardi R, Le D, Glenn A, Cameron V, Juon HS. Exploring disparities in healthcare utilization, cancer care experience, and beliefs about cancer among asian and hispanic cancer survivors. Support Care Cancer. 2024 Oct 30; 32(11):756.

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Snyder C, Smith KC, Leisenring WM, Stratton KL, Boyd CM, Choi Y, Dean LT, Hudson MM, Chow EJ, Oeffinger KC, Park ER, McDonald AJ, Armstrong GT, Nathan PC. Continuity and coordination of care for childhood cancer survivors with multiple chronic conditions: Results from the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study. Cancer. 2024 Dec 15; 130(24):4347-4359.

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Fenech AL, Soriano EC, Asok A, Siegel SD, Morreale M, Brownlee HA, Laurenceau JP. Fear of cancer recurrence and change in hair cortisol concentrations in partners of breast cancer survivors. J Cancer Surviv. 2026 Feb; 20(1):39-47.

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Goodlev ER. Asking the right questions surrounding opioid prescribing in cancer survivorship: Might all pain be cancer-related? Cancer. 2024 Sep 01; 130(17):2907-2909.

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Sedrak MS, Sun CL, Bae M, Freedman RA, Magnuson A, O'Connor T, Moy B, Wildes TM, Klepin HD, Chapman AE, Tew WP, Dotan E, Fenton MA, Kim H, Katheria V, Muss HB, Cohen HJ, Gross CP, Ji J. Functional decline in older breast cancer survivors treated with and without chemotherapy and non-cancer controls: results from the Hurria Older PatiEnts (HOPE) prospective study. J Cancer Surviv. 2024 08; 18(4):1131-1143.

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Blaes AH, Abu-Khalaf MM, Bender CM, Dent SF, Fung C, Smith SK, Watson S, Katta S, Merrill JK, Hudson SV. Coverage for evidence-based cancer survivorship care services. Support Care Cancer. 2024 Feb 17; 32(3):165.

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