After completing treatment for cancer, the coordination of oncology and primary care presents a challenge for cancer survivors. Many survivors need continued oncology follow-up, and all survivors require primary care. Coordinating the shared care of a cancer survivor, or facilitating an informed handoff from oncology to primary care, is essential for cancer survivors. Survivorship care plans ar...

advances in cancer screening have improved both early detection of the disease and treatment effectiveness. As a result, persons who would not have survived cancer may live many years after completing a prescribed plan of cancer treatment.1 Nurses and other medical professionals should be both compelled and obligated to offer services that address the multifaceted long-term effects of the physi...

This editorial provides an up-to-date breakdown of the topics accepted for publication in the Journal of Cancer Survivorship: Research and Practice. The paper also indicates priority problem areas that require attention now and in the future. I also want to take this opportunity to announce that the application for the journal to receive an impact rating as of 2012 was approved. This completes ...

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To develop a substantive theory of the process of breast cancer survivorship. RESEARCH APPROACH Grounded theory. SETTING A LISTSERV announcement posted on the SHARE Web site and purposeful recruitment of women known to be diagnosed and treated for breast cancer. PARTICIPANTS 15 women diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer. METHODOLOGIC APPROACH Constant comparative ...

Concern exists about the sustainability of traditional, oncologist-led models of breast cancer survivorship care. However, many oncologists are hesitant about deferring survivorship care to primary care providers (PCPs). Our objective was to examine oncologists' perceptions of the role PCPs play in breast cancer survivorship and the rationale underlying these perceptions. One-on-one interviews ...