Oncology Nursing Symptom Science: Overview of the NINR, ONS, and NCI Symptom Science Colloquium

In 2020, an estimated 1.8 million new cases of cancer were diagnosed in the United States, and about 600,000 patients with cancer died (National Cancer Institute [NCI], 2020). Improvements in cancer screening and treatment have led to a growing number of cancer survivors. About 17 million cancer survivors are living in the United States alone, and this number is expected to continue to increase during the next several decades (American Cancer Society, 2019).