A snapshot of the cancer survivorship landscape in Singapore

Cancer survivorship has emerged as a critical healthcare priority as global survival rates continue to improve. With the increase in cancer incidence and declining mortality in Singapore, healthcare systems face increasing demands to provide comprehensive care across the cancer continuum, from diagnosis and active treatment to end of life, while also addressing the long-term survivorship challenges, including psychosocial distress, fear of recurrence, and the absence of personalised survivorship plans. Current survivorship care remains oncologist-centric with limited stratification between hospital-based oncology services and community health providers. This underscores the urgent need for a national cancer survivorship framework and guidelines to meet the growing demands of cancer survivors while ensuring quality healthcare delivery. This review examines the current state and ongoing work of cancer survivorship care in Singapore, identifies existing challenges, and explores future directions towards developi