For which health problems do cancer survivors visit their General Practitioner?

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 211-218

  Heins, M J ^a   Korevaar, J C ^a   Rijken, P M ^a   Schellevis, F G ^a,b  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cancer; Comorbidity; Diagnosis; Infection; Long term care; Primary health care; Survivors

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER FATIGUE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVOR; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTITIS; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; FEAR; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEOPLASM; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SKIN INFECTION; SLEEP DISORDER;

AGED; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; OFFICE VISITS; SURVIVORS;

EID: 84871448811     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: 18790852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2012.07.011     Document Type: Article

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