BACKGROUND Nearly one-third of office visits for cancer are handled by primary care
physicians. Yet, few studies examine patient perspectives on these physicians' roles in their …

PURPOSE Despite a burgeoning population of cancer survivors and pending shortages of
oncology services, clear definitions and systematic approaches for engaging primary care in …

Primary care physicians play an important role in the delivery of survivorship care, and this
will increase substantially during the twenty-first century. There is growing evidence that …

Improvements in treatment strategies have resulted in increasing survival rates among
patients diagnosed with cancer but also result in a growing population of individuals who …

METHODS In 2009, the National Cancer Institute and American Cancer Society conducted a
nationally-representative survey of PCPs (n= 1014) and medical oncologists (n …

Purpose Routine follow-up of adult cancer survivors is an important clinical and health
service issue. Because of a lack of evidence supporting advantages of long-term follow-up …

AIM: The aim of this paper is to systematically review the literature on the use of primary and
community care services by long-term survivors of adult cancers. METHODS: We conducted …

Abstract Introduction Primary care physicians (PCPs) are playing an increasing role in the
follow-up of cancer in England. In 2003 a Cancer Care Review (CCR) was introduced to …

BACKGROUND: Studies have shown that follow‐up care for cancer patients differs by
physician specialty, and that coordination between specialists and generalists results in …

Purpose New strategies for delivering cancer follow-up care are needed. We surveyed
primary care providers (PCPs) and oncologists to assess how physician attitudes toward …