title: Primary care providers' needs and preferences for information about colorectal cancer survivorship care.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The Institute of Medicine (IOM) proposed that cancer survivors and their primary care providers (PCPs) should receive survivorship care plans to inform ongoing care. We aimed to determine PCPs' preferences for the content of survivorship care plans for colorectal cancer (CRC) survivors.
  
  
  METHODS
  PCPs in 3 practice-based research networks completed a survey regarding 45 topics of CRC information based on the IOM's survivorship care plan framework.
  
  
  RESULTS
  One hundred fifty-six PCPs completed the survey. For 35 topics (78%), at least half of respondents felt the topic was very important. Most PCPs reported receiving too little information about problems with chemotherapy (68%) or radiation (60%) and whether the oncologist intended to monitor for other cancers (71%). PCPs widely agreed that they do not have enough information about increased risk of second CRCs, other cancers, and other diseases (78%); long-term effects of chemotherapy (73%) and radiation (67%); and genetic counseling (83%).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  PCPs endorse the IOM's survivorship care plan framework as relevant and often report needing more information. Survivorship care plans may provide important information to PCPs by communicating patients' cancer histories and making recommendations regarding which aspects of care should be provided by the oncologist or the PCP.
authors.affiliation: Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA. salzt@mskcc.org
authors.forename: Talya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Salz
authors.forename: Kevin C
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Oeffinger
authors.forename: Peter R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Lewis
authors.forename: Robert L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Williams
authors.forename: Robert L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Rhyne
authors.forename: Mark W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Yeazel
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015179:Colorectal Neoplasms / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D006282:Health Personnel; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D020380:Needs Assessment; D011320:Primary Health Care; D017741:Survivors; D014481:United States