RESOURCES

1. American Cancer Society
2. People Living With Cancer
3. Lance Armstrong Foundation
4. Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation
5. Center of Disease Control and Prevention
6. Leukemia Lymphoma Society
7. National Cancer Institute
8. Texas Cancer Council

• Nearly half (49 percent) of people living with cancer feel their non-medical cancer needs are currently unmet by the healthcare system
• Of the 10 million people in the U.S. living with cancer right now, roughly half believe the healthcare system is not addressing their critical needs.
• 70 percent said their oncologists did not offer any support in dealing with the non-medical aspects of cancer.
• “These findings reaffirm the serious need for all of us in the cancer community to take a deeper look at how we can further support people living with cancer with the research, information and tools to help them deal with the emotional, practical and physical effects of the disease,” said Doug Ulman, director of survivorship, LAF.
• The critical need for support beyond treatment is evidenced by the fact that more than half (53 percent) of respondents said they agree that the practical and emotional consequences of dealing with cancer are often harder than the medical issues.
• “Dealing with cancer is an experience that changes people’s lives forever,” Doug Ulman.