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Blogger's Note: while the focus here is breast/colorectal cancers, research background included gyn cancer
Survivorship care plans in research and practice - 2012 - CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians
Abstract
The
Institute of Medicine (IOM) recommends the use of survivorship care
plans (SCPs) for all cancer survivors. Developing useful SCPs requires
understanding what survivors and their providers need and how SCPs can
be implemented in practice. Published studies investigating the
perspectives of stakeholders (survivors, primary care providers, and
oncology providers) were reviewed regarding the content and use of SCPs.
All National Cancer Institute (NCI)-designated cancer centers were
surveyed concerning the extent to which SCPs for survivors of breast and
colorectal cancers are in use, their concordance with the IOM's
recommendation, and details about SCP delivery. Survivors and primary
care providers typically lack the information the IOM suggested should
be included in SCPs. Oncology providers view SCPs favorably but express
concerns about the feasibility of their implementation. Fewer than
one-half (43%) of NCI-designated cancer centers deliver SCPs to their
breast or colorectal cancer survivors. Of those that do, none deliver
SCPs that include all components recommended by the IOM. Survivors' and
providers' opinions about the use of SCPs are favorable, but there are
barriers to implementation. SCPs are not widely used in NCI-designated
cancer centers. Variation in practice is substantial, and many
components recommended by the IOM framework are rarely included.
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