Follow-up Care for Breast Cancer Survivors
Autor: | Ruddy, Kathryn J, Herrin, Jeph, Sangaralingham, Lindsey, Freedman, Rachel A, Jemal, Ahmedin, Haddad, Tufia C, Allen, Summer V, Hieken, Tina, Boughey, Judy C, Ganz, Patricia A, Havyer, Rachel D, Shah, Nilay D |
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Rok vydání: | 2020 |
Předmět: |
Aging
Prevention Rehabilitation Oncology and Carcinogenesis Aftercare Disease Management Breast Neoplasms Health Services 7.3 Management and decision making Cancer Survivors Clinical Research Practice Guidelines as Topic Breast Cancer Humans Female Public Health Surveillance Registries Management of diseases and conditions Oncology & Carcinogenesis Retrospective Studies Cancer |
Zdroj: | Journal of the National Cancer Institute, vol 112, iss 1 |
Popis: | Breast cancer survivorship guidelines recommend at least annual follow-up visits, yet the degree to which this occurs in clinical practice is uncertain. Claims data from a US commercial insurance database (OptumLabs) were used to identify women treated with curative intent surgery for newly diagnosed breast cancer between 2006 and 2014. In 25035 women, median follow-up was 3 years. In the second year after surgery, 9.6% of the patients did not visit a primary care provider, an oncologist, or a surgeon (guideline-nonadherent). The guideline-nonadherent proportion increased from 7.8% in women diagnosed in 2006 to 12.2% in those diagnosed in 2014 (two-sided Wald P |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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