Barriers to breast and colorectal cancer survivorship care: Perceptions of primary care physicians and medical oncologists in the United States

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 31, Issue 18, 2013, Pages 2322-2336

  Virgo, Katherine S ^a   Lerro, Catherine C ^b   Klabunde, Carrie N ^c   Earle, Craig ^e   Ganz, Patricia A ^d  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SURVIVOR; COLORECTAL CANCER; DEMOGRAPHY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INSURANCE; LANGUAGE; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL ONCOLOGIST; PATIENT CARE; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; REIMBURSEMENT; RESPONSIBILITY; UNITED STATES; BREAST TUMOR; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLORECTAL TUMOR; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; FEMALE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; ONCOLOGY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVOR;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS, PRIMARY CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84882931351     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: 15277755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2012.45.6954     Document Type: Article

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