Survivorship Programs and Research

The University of Colorado Cancer Center (UCCC) and the University of Colorado Denver have an active cancer survivorship research and outreach program spread across many disciplines. Cancer survivorship refers to the time from the point of diagnosis to re-entry and recovery.

• The AMC Cancer Prevention and Control Program, which now houses the AMC Cancer Research Center , is a regional hub for this research. 
• UCCC is also home to one of seven LIVESTRONG^TM Cancer Survivorship Centers of Excellence  in the United States.

Current research and outreach programs in cancer survivorship include the following programs. Read brief program descriptions .

Health and Wellness After Cancer Diagnosis

• Project REGAIN* (Betsy Risendal PhD)
• Quality of Life and Service Needs in Leukemia/Lymphoma Survivors (Carla Parry PhD)
• SUNSHINE Study* (Tim Byers MD MPH)
• Support TECH (Kristin Kilbourn PhD)
• Telephone Counseling for Head & Neck Cancer Survivors (Kristin Kilbourn PhD)

Patient Navigation and Decision-making Support

• CARES* (Peter Raich MD)
• Cancer Information Service Research Consortium (Al Marcus PhD)
• Project SOL* (Patricia Valverde MPH)
• Patient Navigator Research Program* (Peter Raich MD and Liz Whitley PhD)

Cross-cutting Cancer Survivorship Issues

• Center of Excellence in Cancer Survivorship* (Al Marcus PhD)
• Cancer and Aging (Tim Byers MD)
• Greater Denver Latino/a Cancer Prevention/Control Network* (Paula Espinoza PhD)

(*projects with an emphasis on underserved and minority populations)

To see other research projects funded in Colorado go to:

• National Cancer Institute’s web page at www.cancer.gov and click on Research and Funding. Select Cancer Survivorship and sort by State.
• American Cancer Society’s web page at www.cancer.org and click on Research Programs. Select Colorado.