FIGURE 1.
Estimated number of cancer survivors aged >65 years in the US on January 1, 2004 by age group (invasive/first primary tumor cases only [N = 6.5 million survivors aged >65 years]). Data source: Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Program (available at: www.seer.cancer.gov, accessed on October 16, 2007). Prevalence database: “US. Estimated Complete Prevalence Counts on 1/1/2004.” Bethesda, Md: National Cancer Institute, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, Surveillance Research Program, Statistical Research and Applications Branch; released April 2007, based on the November 2006 SEER data submission.