June is Cancer Survivors Month

Core Goals

• Celebrate Life: Acknowledging the milestones and resilience of those who have navigated a cancer diagnosis.
• Raise Awareness: Highlighting the physical, emotional, and financial challenges survivors face beyond active treatment.
• Support Survivorship: Focusing on long-term quality of life and improved clinical follow-up care.

Thanks to cancer research, there are currently more than 18.6 million people living with a history of cancer in the United States. Each person diagnosed with cancer faces a unique set of challenges, but 1 in 4 survivors reports a poor physical quality of life, and many experience psychosocial challenges. We need to do better.

AACR celebrates survivors and encourages individuals touched by cancer to learn more about the science of survivorship and discover how research is improving cancer-related outcomes and saving lives.

National Cancer Survivors Month

For three decades, the National Cancer Institute has been focused on enhancing the quality and length of survival of all persons diagnosed with cancer and preventing, minimizing, or managing adverse effects of cancer and its treatment.

This June, National Cancer Survivors Month, please join in recognizing the 18.6 million cancer survivors in the United States, as well as the caregivers, researchers, clinicians, advocates, and communities working to improve survivorship outcomes.

Cancer Survivor Statistics

Over the past several decades, the number of people living after a cancer diagnosis has steadily increased, reshaping what survivorship looks like today and what it will require moving forward. The five-year cancer survival rate in the United States has reached 70%, according to data from NCI’s Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program.

What’s Happening in Idaho?

Learn more about cancer prevention, survivorship, and cancer-related resources through state and national partners.