If you or a family member/friend has just been diagnosed with breast cancer, lung cancer, pancreatic cancer, prostate cancer, colon cancer or one of the many other cancers that are diagnosed each year this section will help you understand how to live more effectively as a survivor.

One definition of a cancer survivor: An individual is considered a cancer survivor from the time of diagnosis through the balance of his or her life. Family members, friends, and caregivers are also impacted by the survivorship experience and are therefore included in this definition.

- From the National Cancer Institute’s Office of Cancer Survivorship and Adapted from the National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship