A call for action in survivorship research and care.

the logical next step. And yet achieving this goal poses many challenges given the relatively small Canadian research capacity in this area. El Ansari et al. 11 suggested that, to accelerate research activity, research consortiums deserve attention by funding bodies. We agree, and we propose the establishment of a consortium to advance needed work in cancer survivorship in Canada. A research consortium has been described as a group of individuals or organizations that works collaboratively with respect to a particular theme or funding strategy 11. At both the national and international levels, consortia have been reported in cancer prevention 12, quality of life 13, and epidemiology 14, among other applications. The Lance Armstrong Foundation created a network of eight comprehensive cancer centers, the LiveStrong Survivorship Centers of Excellence Network 15, but we know of no efforts to create a research consortium in the field of survivorship. Consortia would seem to be an ideal approach where research capacity is limited and where broad interest in a particular research theme area has been apparent. That statement would appear to describe the situation of the psychosocial aspects of cancer survivorship in Canada.