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Primary Care Providers Uneasy on Cancer Survivorship Care
Primary Care Providers Uneasy on Cancer Survivorship Care
C Helwick
20100126
2010 Feb 26
Elsevier Global Medical News
Primary Care Providers Uneasy on Cancer Survivorship Care
Elsevier Global Medical News. 2010 Feb 26, C Helwick
NEW ORLEANS (EGMN) - Primary care providers often feel unequipped to deal with issues of cancer survivorship, according to a survey of 103 physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants at the Henry Ford Health System in Detroit. More than half (61%) were uncertain about their role in follow-up care (surveillance) for the most common types of cancer, Teresa Lynch, Ph.D., reported at the annual conference of the American Psychosocial Oncology Society. These included lung, breast, prostate,...