title: [Follow-up of women surgically treated for breast cancer].
abstract: From May 1997, all breast cancer patients who had undergone ablatio were asked to contact their general practitioner for follow-up after six months. Evaluation of the method used was performed by means of a questionnaire sent to 148 women. At the same time report forms returned from the general practitioners were registered. 132 women returned the questionnaires (89%). Only seven women (5%) had not contacted their general practitioner. 117 women (89%) had been or were summoned to their general practitioner. This shows that general practitioners take responsibility for follow-up when the women get in touch. We received 52 (58%) report forms from the general practitioners. The reason for this low response rate among the general practitioners might be inadequate motivation.
authors.affiliation: Gastrokirurgisk avdeling, Ullevål sykehus, Oslo.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Schou
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kåresen
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lensby
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D005194:Family Practice; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008408:Mastectomy; D008875:Middle Aged; D009664:Norway; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires