Patient, Primary Care Physician and Specialist Expectations of Primary Care Physician Involvement in Cancer Care

Primary Care Physicians’ Perspectives of Their Role in Cancer Care: A Systematic Review

“…The majority of PCPs desired involvement in all aspects of cancer care, 39,43 and approximately 55 % of PCPs reported broad involvement. 46 PCP involvement typically varied across the cancer trajectory with approximately 85-90 % of PCPs involved in diagnosis, 39,45,48 45 % involved during treatment and 70-80 % during the survivorship phase.…”

“…46 PCP involvement typically varied across the cancer trajectory with approximately 85-90 % of PCPs involved in diagnosis, 39,45,48 45 % involved during treatment and 70-80 % during the survivorship phase. 39 The majority of PCPs (approximately 55-65 %) believed that they should have been involved at an earlier stage of aftercare.…”

A Population-Based Assessment of Primary Care Visits during Adjuvant Chemotherapy for Breast Cancer

“…Primary care physicians (pcps) have been found to have an important role to play in each phase of the cancer care continuum 7 . Furthermore, studies have shown that pcps are interested in being more involved and are keen to be team players for their patients with cancer [8][9][10] . Despite the growing burden of cancer and interest on the part of pcps to be involved, information about pcp involvement in ca ncer ca re dur ing t he act ive t reat ment phase is scarce.…”

When to Repatriate? Clinicians’ Perspectives on the Transfer of Patient Management from Specialty to Primary Care

“…Prior studies show that specialists and PCPs sometimes disagree about the expected duration of specialty care and appropriate division of care. [10][11][12][13] However, little is known about how clinicians decide whether ongoing specialty care is needed, or what factors facilitate or impede the transfer of management responsibility from specialist to PCP-a process we refer to as 'repatriation'. To explore this gap, the present study used mixed methods to answer the following questions: 1) How often do PCPs and specialists agree that an individual patient under their mutual care…”