Primary Care of Breast Cancer Survivors

Primary Care of Breast Cancer Survivors - AAFP

With declining mortality rates, the number of breast cancer survivors is increasing. Ongoing care after breast cancer treatment is often ...

Primary Care of Breast Cancer Survivors - PubMed

With declining mortality rates, the number of breast cancer survivors is increasing. Ongoing care after breast cancer treatment is often ...

Delivery of Survivorship Care by Primary Care Physicians

Large outcome studies have shown that, although survivors cared for by oncologists tended to get more cancer-specific surveillance, survivors cared for by PCPs ...

Managing the Breast Cancer Survivor in Primary Care - ScienceDirect

This article provides a synopsis of breast cancer treatment-related side effects and current evidence-based guidelines to assist the primary care provider ...

Are primary care providers implementing evidence-based care for ...

Overall, FPs and PHCNPs in our sample reported similar practice patterns in terms of implementation of breast cancer survivorship guideline recommendations. The ...

Breast Cancer Survivors' Preferences on Follow-Up Care - NCI

Although most women in the study preferred that their primary care doctor deliver general preventive care and ongoing treatment for conditions ...

Identifying the Needs of Primary Care Providers Caring for Breast ...

As the number of cancer survivors continues to increase and given the shortage of oncology clinicians in safety net health care settings, ...

Primary Care for Survivors of Breast Cancer

This review will outline recommendations for the long-term medical treatment of survivors of breast cancer.

Choice of Doctor for Cancer Survivor Care Does Not Match Actual ...

An American Cancer Society (ACS) study showed that most cancer survivors preferred their primary care physician (PCP) and cancer doctor ( ...

Overview of cancer survivorship care for primary care and oncology ...

... cancer survivors · Approach to the patient following treatment for breast cancer · Assessment of cancer pain · Assuring quality of care for ...

Follow up Care After Breast Cancer Treatment

What to expect during follow-up care · Typical follow-up schedules · Ask your doctor for a survivorship care plan · Keeping health insurance and ...

Caring for breast cancer survivors in the primary care setting

This article provides an overview of coordinating surveillance, managing long-term effects, and focusing on health promotion in this growing population.

Caring for the Breast Cancer Survivor: A Guide for Primary Care ...

Because of improved screening and treatment modalities, mortality has decreased significantly. Currently, over 2.5 million breast cancer survivors live in the ...

Cancer Survivors, Oncology, and Primary Care Perspectives on ...

Survivors reported a lack of confidence in their general practitioner's knowledge and ability to provide cancer survivorship care, and ...

Changes in primary care engagement and communication from ...

Conclusions: In this population-based sample of breast cancer survivors, many women experienced worse communication and engagement with their ...

Primary care physician's confidence and coordination regarding the ...

According to the American Cancer Society breast cancer survivorship care guidelines, PCPs are responsible for identifying and managing the late ...

Cancer Survivorship Series | The George Washington University ...

Primary care providers play a critical role in providing follow-up care for cancer survivors, including dealing with many of the physical, psychological, ...

Roles and recommendations from primary care physicians towards ...

The resultant increase in numbers of breast cancer survivors (BCS) may overwhelm the current oncology workforce in years to come. We postulate ...

a review of evidence-based breast cancer guidelines - BMJ Open

Objective To review evidence-based (EB) recommendations on survivorship care for primary care providers (PCPs) in EB breast cancer guidelines. · Design and ...

The Impact of Primary Care Physicians on Follow-up Care of ...

Early detection and improved treatment have dramatically increased the life expectancy of women with breast cancer (BC), leading to overall 5-year survival ...