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Suggested Citation:"Front Matter." Institute of Medicine. 2007. Cancer in Elderly People: Workshop Proceedings. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11869.
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CANCER IN ELDERLY PEOPLE

WORKSHOP PROCEEDINGS

National Cancer Policy Forum

INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE OF THE NATIONAL MEDICINE

THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES PRESS

Washington, D.C.
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Suggested Citation:"Front Matter." Institute of Medicine. 2007. Cancer in Elderly People: Workshop Proceedings. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11869.
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NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine.

This study was supported by Contracts No. HHSN261200611002C, 200-2005-13434, TO #1, HHSM-500-2005-00179P, HHSP23320042509XI, TO #4, 223-01-2460, TO #27, HHSH25056133, TO #6 between the National Academy of Sciences and, respectively, the National Cancer Institute, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, the Food and Drug Administration, and the Health Resources and Services Administration. Support was also received from the American Cancer Society, the American Society of Clinical Oncology, and C-Change. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the view of the organizations or agencies that provided support for this project.

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“Knowing is not enough; we must apply.

Willing is not enough; we must do.”

—Goethe

INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES

Advising the Nation. Improving Health.

Suggested Citation:"Front Matter." Institute of Medicine. 2007. Cancer in Elderly People: Workshop Proceedings. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11869.
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THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES

Advisers to the Nation on Science, Engineering, and Medicine


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NATIONAL CANCER POLICY FORUM

HAROLD L. MOSES (Chair), Professor of Cancer Biology,

Medicine, and Pathology,

Director Emeritus,

Vanderbilt-Ingram Comprehensive Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center

PETER BACH, Senior Advisor,

Office of the Administrator, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

EDWARD BENZ, President,

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

THOMAS BURISH, Chair,

American Cancer Society Board and Provost, Notre Dame University

MARK CLANTON, Deputy Director,

Cancer Delivery Systems, National Cancer Institute

BETTY FERRELL, Research Scientist,

City of Hope National Medical Center

JOSEPH FRAUMENI, Director,

Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute

STEPHEN FRIEND, Executive Vice President,

Oncology, Merck

PATRICIA GANZ, American Society of Clinical Oncology Board Member and Professor of Medicine,

University of California, Los Angeles

THOMAS KEAN, Executive Director,

C-Change

WILLIAM LAWRENCE, Director,

Center for Outcomes and Evidence, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

LYNN MATRISIAN, Chair,

Division of Cancer Biology, Vanderbilt University

DAVID PARKINSON, Senior Vice President,

Oncology Research and Development, Biogen IDEC

EDITH PEREZ, Director,

Cancer Clinical Study Unit, Mayo Clinic

SCOTT RAMSEY, Member,

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

EDDIE REED, Director,

Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

WILLIAM ROBINSON, Director,

Office of Minority Health and Health Disparities, Health Resources and Services Administration

CHARLES SAWYERS, Professor of Hematology/Oncology,

Division of Hematology-Oncology, University of California, Los Angeles

MARGARET SPITZ, Chair of Epidemiology,

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

ELLEN STOVALL, President and CEO,

National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship

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JANET WOODCOCK, Deputy Commissioner for Operations,

Food and Drug Administration

Staff

SHARYL NASS, Senior Program Officer

ROGER HERDMAN, Director,

National Cancer Policy Forum

ALIZA NORWOOD, Research Assistant

MARY ANN PRYOR, Senior Program Assistant

This volume has been reviewed in draft form in accordance with procedures approved by the NRC’s Report Review Committee. We wish to thank Betty Ferrell, Ph.D., FAAN, for her review and Clyde Behney for serving as coordinator of the review.

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A high proportion of cancer occurs primarily in older persons, and incidence of the major cancers is greater. This, combined with the expansion of an aging America, is bound to have far reaching effects on the nation's healthcare industry.

This summary of a workshop held in October 2006, reviews the various important implications of changing demographics and the cancer disease burden in the United States.

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