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although considerable progress reducing cancer incidence united states number cancer survivors continues increase due aging growth population improvements survival rates result increasingly important understand unique medical psychosocial needs survivors aware resources assist patients caregivers health care providers navigating various phases cancer survivorship highlight challenges opportunities serve survivors american cancer society national cancer institute estimated prevalence cancer survivors january 1 2012 january 1 2022 cancer site data surveillance epidemiology end results seer registries used describe median age stage diagnosis survival data national cancer data base seermedicare database used describe patterns cancer treatment estimated 137 million americans history cancer alive january 1 2012 january 1 2022 number increase nearly 18 million 3 prevalent cancers among males prostate 43 colorectal 9 melanoma skin 7 among females breast 41 uterine corpus 8 colorectal 8 article summarizes common cancer treatments survival rates posttreatment concerns introduces new national cancer survivorship resource center engaged 100 volunteer survivorship experts nationwide develop tools cancer survivors caregivers health care professionals advocates policy makers