Maximizing benefits for effective cancer survivorship programming: defining a dissemination and implementation plan

Abstract

Although calls for improvements in cancer survivorship planning and programming exist, implementation has lagged. As with most guidelines, moving from recommendations to implementation requires active planning and systems changes to insure sustained use. Here, we draw on the latest in implementation science to outline a process that cancer organizations can use in designing, implementing, prioritizing, and evaluating cancer survivor programs to improve patient outcomes, using smoking cessation as a primary example. We consider the scientific evidence for benefit from interventions and the strategy for implementation and evaluation to sustain programs.

Conflict of interest statement

Disclosures

Kathleen Y. Wolin: None; Graham A. Colditz: None; Enola K. Proctor: None.

Section Editor Scott Ramsey discloses no relevant financial relationships.

Reviewers “A” and “B” disclose no financial relationships.

The content of this article has been reviewed by independent peer reviewers to ensure that it is balanced, objective, and free from commercial bias. On the basis of disclosed information, no conflicts of interest have been identified.

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Implementing programs in a cancer survivorship setting.