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Karen Knudsen: Care doesn’t stop with cancer treatment
Nov 17, 2024, 16:26

Karen Knudsen: Care doesn’t stop with cancer treatment

Karen Knudsen, Executive Strategic Advisor and Immediate Past CEO of ACS, shared a post on LinkedIn:

“Impactful piece by the The Wall Street Journal, shining a light on a vital priority in the cancer field: addressing the unique, lifelong needs of cancer survivors.

Thanks to groundbreaking advancements in cancer research, there are over 18 million survivors in the U.S. today—a number projected to grow to 26 million by 2040.

As we face this ‘survivor tsunami,’ it’s crucial to ensure that survivors have the support they need. Care doesn’t stop with cancer treatment!”

Karen E. Knudsen is the Executive Strategic Advisor and Immediate Past CEO of the American Cancer Society (ACS). Prior to joining ACS, Dr. Knudsen served as executive vice president of Oncology Services and enterprise director for Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson
Health.

She also served as president for the Association of American Cancer Institutes (AACI) and on the board of directors of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR). She serves on the board of advisors for the National Cancer Institute and on 12 external advisory boards for NCI-designated cancer centers.
She is an active member of several committees with the American Society for Clinical Oncology (ASCO), in addition to serving on other academic and for-profit advisory boards.