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. 2017 Jul 1;27(3):287–294.

Table 2.

CANO/ACIO Survivorship special interest group: Priorities for action

Focus Examples
Practice: Identify and address key survivor/family needs
  • Unique needs, such as fear of recurrence, return to work, sexual health, late/long term effects

  • Unique populations (e.g., adolescent and young adult)

  • Self-care and empowerment

Education and mentorship
  • Reaching across care silos (e.g., community, others caring for survivors)

  • Networking for nurses in survivorship care, across silos

Research and knowledge translation
  • Guidelines, models of care, resources for practice, interventions to address survivor needs

Advocacy and communication
  • Early integration of survivorship care

  • Survivorship across all nursing roles

  • Align nursing roles with survivor needs across trajectory

  • Interprofessional survivorship care models, collaborate with community partners

  • Position oncology nurses at key national policy decision-making tables

  • CANO/ACIO survivorship position statement