Delivering Survivorship Care in North Carolina

Deborah Mayer, PhD, RN, AOCN, FAAN

Frances Hill Fox Distinguished Professor
UNC School of Nursing
Adult Health, Oncology
UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
UNC School of Medicine
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Lecture Description

An aging population, a growing number of cancer survivors, and a projected shortage of cancer care providers will result in a challenge in delivering the care for cancer survivors in the United States if systemic changes are not made, according to a commentary in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Dr. Mayer will discuss these issues with particular consideration to providing cancer survivorship care in North Carolina.

Learning Objectives:

• Analyze cancer survivorship trends and define cancer survivorship
• Describe unmet needs of cancer survivors and identify the components of survivorship
• Outline current and evolving models of survivorship care