What is the definition of a cancer survivor. Is there a certain length of time that passes?

Question

I here people say thay are survivors. Is there really a definition or explanation as to what that means?

Answer 1

It just means that you had cancer. Any kind of cancer. And it was either removed or has gone into remission with chemo or radiation. You have survived it. I had breast cancer in 1999. They removed it. I went through 2 rounds of chemo and I finally got a clear CT scan--no more cancer. That was 7 years ago--I am a survivor.

Don't make it too complicated.

Answer 2

I think it is five years that you have to wait.