Table 1.

Characteristics of eight Centers in LIVESTRONG Survivorship Center of Excellence Network and telephone interview participants

Center	Regional location	Year center began	Prior history of survivorship program	Public or private cancer center	Number of community affiliates
Dana Farber	Northeast	2004	Yes	Private	3
Memorial Sloan-Kettering	Northeast	2005	Yes	Private	3
Fred Hutchinson	Northwest	2006	Yes	Private	3
UCLA Jonsson	West	2006	Yes	Public	3
University of Colorado	West	2006	No	Public	3
Ohio State University	Midwest	2007	No	Public	2
Penn Abramson	Northeast	2007	Yes	Public	3
UNC Lineberger	South	2008	No	Public	3

Characteristics of respondents	Number	%
Length of time with Center
Less than 6 months	3	8
Between 6 months and 1 year	2	5
More than 1 year	6	15
More than 2 years	19	49
Since COE began	9	23
Full-time equivalent
Full-time	19	49
Part-time	20	51
Position
Director or Co-director	12	31
Clinician	10	25
Administrator or project coordinator	7	18
Outreach coordinator	5	13
CBC personnel	3	8
Program leader	2	5
Other responsibilities at cancer center?
Yes	16	41
No	23	59

Centers were selected based on diversity of geographic location, patient demographics, type of cancer center (matrix or freestanding), models of clinical care, community-based center model, length of time as Center, and history of survivorship programming prior to LAF support