Support Care Cancer DOI 10.1007/s00520-013-2113-z

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Role of oncologists and primary care physicians in providing follow-up care to non-Hodgkin lymphoma survivors within 5 years of diagnosis: a population-based study Laura P. Forsythe & Neeraj K. Arora & Catherine M. Alfano & Kathryn E. Weaver & Ann S. Hamilton & Noreen Aziz & Julia H. Rowland

Received: 28 May 2013 / Accepted: 25 December 2013 # Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg (outside the USA) 2014

Abstract Purpose The growing population of non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) survivors living longer with high physical and psychological treatment burden, in combination with the projected shortage of medical professionals, necessitates redesigning cancer follow-up care. This study examined follow-up care patterns, factors associated with follow-up care, and attitudes towards follow-up care among NHL survivors.

L. P. Forsythe (*) Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI), 1828 L Street, NW, Suite 900, Washington, DC 20036, USA e-mail: [email protected] L. P. Forsythe : C. M. Alfano : J. H. Rowland Office of Cancer Survivorship, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, NIH/DHHS, Bethesda, MD, USA L. P. Forsythe Cancer Prevention Fellowship Program, Center for Cancer Training, National Cancer Institute, NIH/DHHS, Bethesda, MD, USA N. K. Arora Applied Research Program, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, NIH/DHHS, Bethesda, MD, USA

Methods We surveyed survivors of aggressive NHL 2 to 5 years post-diagnosis (N=363) using a population-based sample from the Los Angeles County Surveillance Epidemiology and End Results registry. Results Most survivors (82 %) received cancer-related follow-up care in the past year from an oncologist. History of recurrence, more comorbidities, more symptoms, and a shorter survivor–oncologist relationship were associated with high-frequency care with the oncologist [(≥5 visits in the past year), p

Role of oncologists and primary care physicians in providing follow-up care to non-Hodgkin lymphoma survivors within 5 years of diagnosis: a population-based study.

The growing population of non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) survivors living longer with high physical and psychological treatment burden, in combination wit...
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