Table 2.
Areas Essential to Survivorship Education Curricula
| Essential area |
| Epidemiology of incidence and prevalence of cancers and major types of cancer |
| General discussion of survivorship (including quality-of-life issues) |
| Health care systems/quality assurance/models of care |
| Health promotion after cancer |
| Pain management, sleep management |
| Palliative care/end-of-life care |
| Prevention, diagnosis, evaluation, and treatment of recurrence |
| Prevention, diagnosis, evaluation, and treatment of secondary cancers |
| Prevention, diagnosis, evaluation, and treatment of nonmalignant long-term and late-occurring complications/sequelae of treatment |
| Psychosocial assessment and care |
| Rehabilitation services |
| Trends and statistics in health care access |
| Trends and statistics in survivorship (including the interface of cancer and aging) |