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It is well established that the cancer burden disproportionately affects specific subpopulations. While health disparities impact all phases of the cancer care continuum, unequal implementation of innovations and healthcare access at early phases of cancer care have potential downstream effects and may adversely influence the survivorship phase of care. When cancer treatment ends, patients continue to navigate a complex, fragmented healthcare system that has historically had poorly coordinated transitions into longer-term care. This chapter describes the key research, healthcare, and policy findings related to the intersection of cancer health disparities and cancer survivorship care. It provides an overview of selected disparities between population subgroups and discusses policy and healthcare delivery system strategies that may affect such individuals. Areas for future research are provided throughout with emphasis on those that extend and emphasize how innovations in survivorship care can be designed, tailored, and tested to meet the needs of health disparity populations.

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