The Essential Elements of Survivorship Care: A Livestrong Brief

The Livestrong Foundation convened the Essential Elements of Survivorship Care Meeting in Washington, D.C., in September 2011 with the goal of making progress in building consensus in the survivorship community around how to best address the needs of post-treatment survivors. Over 150 leaders, stakeholders, experts, cancer survivors and cancer survivor advocates achieved consensus on these 20 essential elements of survivorship care delivery. This brief provides both an overview and the outcome of the meeting, including the 20 essential elements of survivorship care.