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SynthesisJournal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education2017

Who Is a Cancer Survivor? A Systematic Review of Published Definitions.

Chiara Marzorati, Silvia Riva, Gabriella Pravettoni

Registry-linked trialAbstract readSystematic Review
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In one paragraph

Synthesis in Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05871996 (What do Individuals Known to Palliative Care and Oncology Services Think About the Terminology Used to Describe Them?), which is not on this map. Cited by 113 papers, 9 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
113citing papers in PubMed, 9 pooled it
3.8field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT05871996 recruitingnot on this mapstarted 2023, after this paper: background citation

What do Individuals Known to Palliative Care and Oncology Services Think About the Terminology Used to Describe Them?

TypeobservationalSponsorOur Lady's Hospice and Care ServicesRan2023 to 2025Enrolled1,532ConditionsCancerArmsPalliative Care and Oncology Survey on Terminology (POST)
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

113 citing papers in PubMed, 9 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 228 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Dissemination planning in exercise oncology trials-a systematic review of trial protocols.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2025
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  6. The Role of Emotion-Related Abilities in the Quality of Life of Breast Cancer Survivors: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022
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  16. Long-term breast cancer survivors: experiences, needs, and proposals for person-centred care.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2026
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53 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Chiara MarzoratiFoundations of the Life Sciences Bioethics and Cognitive Sciences, European School of Molecular Medicine (SEMM), European Institute of Oncology, Via Adamello 16, 20139, Milan, Italy.
Silvia RivaApplied Research Unit for Cognitive and Psychological Science, European Institute of Oncology, Via Ripamonti 432, 20143, Milan, Italy.
Gabriella PravettoniApplied Research Unit for Cognitive and Psychological Science, European Institute of Oncology, Via Ripamonti 432, 20143, Milan, Italy. gabriella.pravettoni@ieo.it.
European Institute of Oncology · ITRipamonti · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The term "cancer survivor" is commonly used by different persons, clinical institutions, academic bodies, and political organizations although it lacks of a unanimous and detailed definition. The objective of the study is to make a systematic review of published and proposed definitions of "cancer survivor." Utilizing a systematic search strategy with different strings of "cancer survivor," we searched the following databases: Medline (June 1975-June 2015), Scopus (all the years), Web of Science (all the years), Google Scholar (all the years), ERIC (all the years). This review suggests that there is not a unique definition of who is a "cancer survivor" and what is "cancer survivorship." However, the most widely used definition sees cancer survivorship as a process that begins at the moment of diagnosis and continues through the balance of life. This definition highlights psychological and legal patient's needs-as well as medical ones-to receive care and assistance from the beginning and, at the same time, it establishes valid criteria for making scientific and statistical sampling research. The extensive use of the term "cancer survivor" indicates that it is a significant term. This review has been written to outline the state of the art and it invites to reflect on a shared definition that could satisfy both clinical and research aspects. Implication for cancer survivors: this compendium of proposed definitions may improve communication among the many patients and patient organizations that use and work with this term.

Indexed as

Terminology as TopicCancer SurvivorsHumansPublicationsCancerCancer survivorCommunicationPsychological aspects

Identifiers

PMID26854084
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