Follow-up after colon cancer treatment in the Netherlands; A survey of patients, GPs, and colorectal surgeons

European Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 837-843

  Wind, J ^a   Duineveld, L A ^a   Van Der Heijden, R P ^a   Van Asselt, K M ^a   Bemelman, W A ^a   Van Weert, H C ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Colon cancer; Follow up; General practitioner; Malignancy; Oncology; Primary care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLON CANCER; COLORECTAL SURGEON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECURRENT CANCER; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SURGEON;

COLON CANCER; FOLLOW-UP; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; MALIGNANCY; ONCOLOGY; PRIMARY CARE;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; COLECTOMY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COLORECTAL SURGERY; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NETHERLANDS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84879843073     PISSN: 07487983     EISSN: 15322157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejso.2013.04.001     Document Type: Article

References (23)

1. The Dutch Cancer Registry of the Integral Cancer centre of the Netherlands. http://www.cijfersoverkanker.nl/ [assessed 05.12.12].
2. Landelijke richtlijn Coloncarcinoom Version 2.0. Oncoline [assessed 01.10.11].
3. M.R. Griffin, E.J. Bergtralh, R.J. Coffey, R.W. Beart, and L.J. Melton Predictors of survival after curative resection of carcinoma of the colon and rectum Cancer 60 1987 2318 2324
4. M. Jeffery, B.E. Hickey, and P.N. Hider Follow-up strategies for patients treated for non-metastatic colorectal cancer Cochrane Database Syst Rev 24 2007 CD002200
5. D.J. Sargent, H.S. Wieand, and D.G. Haller Disease-free survival versus overall survival as a primary end point for adjuvant colon cancer studies: individual patient data from 20,898 patients on 18 randomized trials Clin Oncol 23 2005 8664 8670
6. A.L. Stanton What happens now? Psychosocial care for cancer survivors after medical treatment completion J Clin Oncol 30 2012 1215 1220
7. N.M. Aziz Cancer survivorship research: state of knowledge, challenges and opportunities Acta Oncol 46 2007 417 432
8. R.A. Lewis, R.D. Neal, and M. Hendry Patients' and healthcare professionals' views of cancer follow-up: systematic review Br J Gen Pract 59 2009 e248 e259
9. C.C. Earle, Y. Chretien, and C. Morris Employment among survivors of lung cancer and colorectal cancer J Clin Oncol 28 2010 1700 1705 doi:10.1200/JCO.2009.24.7411. Epub 2010 Mar 1
10. A.G. de Boer, T. Taskila, S.J. Tamminga, M.H. Frings-Dresen, M. Feuerstein, and J.H. Verbeek Interventions to enhance return-to-work for cancer patients Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2 2011
11. A. Figueredo, R.B. Rumble, J. Maroun Gastrointestinal Cancer Disease Site Group of Cancer Care Ontario's Program in Evidence-based Care Follow-up of patients with curatively resected colorectal cancer: a practice guideline BMC Cancer 3 2003 26
12. R.A. Lewis, R.D. Neal, and N.H. Williams Follow-up of cancer in primary care versus secondary care: systematic review Br J Gen Pract 59 2009 234 247
13. D.A. Wattchow, D.P. Weller, and A. Esterman General practice vs surgical-based follow-up for patients with colon cancer: randomised controlled trial Br J Cancer 94 2006 1116 1121
14. M.S. Vlug, J. Wind, and M.W. Hollmann Laparoscopy in combination with fast track multimodal management is the best perioperative strategy in patients undergoing colonic surgery: a randomized clinical trial (LAFA-study) Ann Surg 254 2011 868 875
15. S.V. Hudson, S.M. Miller, and J. Hemler Adult cancer survivors discuss follow-up in primary care: 'not what I want, but maybe what I need' Ann Fam Med 10 2012 418 427
16. S. Papagrigoriadis, and B. Heyman Patients' views on follow up of colorectal cancer: implications for risk communication and decision making Postgrad Med J 79 2003 403 407
17. A.L. Potosky, P.K. Han, and J. Rowland Differences between primary care physicians' and oncologists' knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding the care of cancer survivors J Gen Intern Med 26 2011 1403 1410
18. M.E. Del Giudice, E. Grunfeld, B.J. Harvey, E. Piliotis, and S. Verma Primary care physicians' views of routine follow-up care of cancer survivors J Clin Oncol 27 2009 3338 3345
19. S. Papagrigoriadis, and A. Koreli The needs of general practitioners in the follow-up of patients with colorectal cancer Eur J Surg Oncol 27 2001 541 544
20. K.M. Augestad, B. Vonen, and R. Aspevik Should the surgeon or the general practitioner (GP) follow up patients after surgery for colon cancer? A randomized controlled trial protocol focusing on quality of life, cost-effectiveness and serious clinical events BMC Health Serv Res 8 2008 137
21. FACS-trial. http://www.facs.soton.ac.uk/ [assessed 01.10.11].
22. S.W. Pascoe, R.D. Neal, V.L. Allgar, P.J. Selby, and E.P. Wright Psychosocial care for cancer patients in primary care? Recognition of opportunities for cancer care Fam Pract 21 2004 437 442
23. R.M. Berard, F. Boermeester, and G. Viljoen Depressive disorders in an out-patient oncology setting: prevalence, assessment, and management Psycho-oncology 7 1998 112 120