Advanced search
Publication Cover
Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care Volume 33, 2015 - Issue 4
Submit an article Journal homepage
1,498
Views
23
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Research Article

General practitioners’ attitudes toward follow-up after cancer treatment: A cross-sectional questionnaire study

Heidi Lidal FidjelandDepartment of General Practice, Institute of Health and Society, University of Oslo, Norway; ;Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Sørlandet Hospital, Kristiansand, NorwayCorrespondence[email protected]
,
Mette BrekkeDepartment of General Practice, Institute of Health and Society, University of Oslo, Norway;
&
Ingvild VistadDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Sørlandet Hospital, Kristiansand, Norway
Pages 223-232 | Received 26 Mar 2015, Accepted 02 Oct 2015, Published online: 09 Dec 2015

References

  • Cancer in Norway 2012. Oslo: Kreftregisteret; 2014.
  • Del Giudice ME, Grunfeld E, Harvey BJ, Piliotis E, Verma S. Primary care physiciansʼ views of routine follow-up care of cancer survivors. J Clin Oncol 2009;27:3338–45.
  • Grunfeld E, Levine MN, Julian JA, Coyle D, Szechtman B, Mirsky D, Verma S, Dent S, Sawka C, Pritchard KI, Ginsburg D, Wood M, Whelan T. Randomized trial of long-term follow-up for early-stage breast cancer: A comparison of family physician versus specialist care. J Clin Oncol 2006;24:848–55.
  • Anvik T, Holtedahl KA, Mikalsen H. “When patients have cancer, they stop seeing me”: The role of the general practitioner in early follow-up of patients with cancer – a qualitative study. BMC Fam Pract 2006;7:19.
  • Vistad I, Moy BW, Salvesen HB, Liavaag AH. Follow-up routines in gynecological cancer: Time for a change? Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand. 2011;90:707–18.
  • Augestad KM, Norum J, Dehof S, Aspevik R, Ringberg U, Nestvold T, et al. Cost-effectiveness and quality of life in surgeon versus general practitioner-organised colon cancer surveillance: A randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open 2013;3e002391.
  • Worster A, Bass MJ, Wood ML. Willingness to follow breast cancer: Survey of family physicians. Can Fam Physicians 1996;42:263–8.
  • Klabunde CN, Ambs A, Keating NL, He Y, Doucette WR, Tisnado D, et al. The role of primary care physicians in cancer care. J Gen Intern Med 2009;24:1029–36.
  • Wood ML. Communication between cancer specialists and family doctors. Can Fam Physician 1993;39:49–57.
  • Von Hanno T. Kreftomsorg i allmennpraksis i Vestfold år 2000 [Cancer in primary care in Vestfold in the year of 2000]. Tidsskr Nor Lægeforen 2000;120:3557–61.
  • Cheung WY, Aziz N, Noone AM, Rowlan JH, Potosky AL, Ayanian JZ, et al. Physician preferences and attitudes regarding different models of cancer survivorship care: A comparison of primary care providers and oncologists. J Cancer Surviv 2013;7:343–54.
  • Brandenbarg D, Roorda C, Groenhof F, Havenga K, Berger MY, De Bock GH, et al. Increased primary health care use in the first year after colorectal cancer diagnosis. Scand J Prim Health Care 2014;32:55–61.
  • Roorda C, Berendsen AJ, Haverkamp M, van der Meer K, de Bock GH. Discharge of breast cancer patients to primary care at the end of hospital follow-up: A cross-sectional survey. Eur J Cancer 2013;49:1836–44.
  • Helsedirektoratet. Nasjonalt handlingsprogram med retningslinjer for diagnostikk, behandling og oppfølging av pasienter med brystkreft [The Norwegian Directorate of Health. National guidelines for diagnosis, treatment and follow-up of patients with breast cancer]. Oslo: Helsedirektoratet; 2014.
  • Helsedirektoratet. Nasjonalt handlingsprogram med retningslinjer for diagnostikk, behandling og oppfølging av pasienter med kreft i tykktarm og endetarm [The Norwegian Directorate of Health. National guidelines for diagnosis, treatment and follow-up of patients with colon and rectal cancer]. Oslo: Helsedirektoratet; 2013.
  • Wattchow DA, Weller DP, Esterman A, Pilotto LS, McGorm K, Hammett Z, et al. General practice vs surgical-based follow-up for patients with colon cancer: Randomised controlled trial. Br J Cancer 2006;94:1116–21.
  • Moses SH, Olaitan A, Murdoch JB, Goodwin A. A pilot randomised controlled study of three models of follow-up of patients treated for gynaecological cancer: Attitudes in general practice and feasibility of randomisation. J Obstet Gynaecol 2004;24:165–6.
  • Johnsen CE, Lizama N, Garg N, Ghosh M, Emery J, Saunders C. Australian general practitioners’ preferences for managing the care of people diagnosed with cancer. Asia Pac J Clin Oncol. 2014 Jun;10(2):e90-8 Epub 2012 Dec 26
  • Greenfield DM, Absolom K, Eiser C, Walters SJ, Michel G, Hancock BW, et al. Follow-up care for cancer survivors: The view of clinicians. Br J Cancer 2009;101,568–74.
  • Frew G, Smith A, Zutshi B, Young N, Aggarwal A, Jones P, et al. Results of a quantitative survey to explore both perceptions of the purposes of follow-up and preferences for methods of follow-up delivery among service users, primary care practitioners and specialist clinicians after cancer treatment. Clin Oncol 2010;22:874–84.
  • Available at: http://legeforeningen.no/Emner/Andre-emner/Legestatistikk/Helsestatistikk-/Fastlegestatistikk/(accessed 8 March 2015).
  • Feuerstein M. Defining cancer survivorship. J Cancer Surviv 2007;1:5–7.
  • Available at: https://www.ssb.no/helse/statistikker/helsetjko/aar/2015-06-25?fane=tabell&sort=nummer&tabell=232607 (accessed 17 August 2015).
  • Johansen ML, Holtedahl KA, Rudebeck CE. A doctor close at hand: How GPs view their role in cancer care. Scand J Prim Health Care 2010;28:249–55.
  • Nissen MJ, Beran MS, Lee M, Mehta SR, Pine DA, Swenson KK. Views of primary care providers on follow-up care of cancer patients. Fam Med 2007;39:477–82.
  • Hetlevik I. The full bucket of general practice. Tidsskr Nor Lægeforen 1999;119:3547–8.

Related research

People also read lists articles that other readers of this article have read.

Recommended articles lists articles that we recommend and is powered by our AI driven recommendation engine.

Cited by lists all citing articles based on Crossref citations.
Articles with the Crossref icon will open in a new tab.