title: Survivorship care plans for patients with head and neck cancer.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine the perceived value of survivorship care plans (SCPs) (cancer treatment summaries and follow-up recommendations).
  
  
  METHODS
  Survey of patients and their physicians between 3 and 4 years after receipt of the SCP.
  
  
  METHODS
  Ambulatory, tertiary care medical center.
  
  
  METHODS
  A convenience sample of head and neck cancer survivors living 3 years after each had been mailed a personal SCP shortly after completion of cancer treatment. Twenty survivors were contacted, and all agreed to participate.
  
  
  METHODS
  Institutional review board-approved, scripted telephone survey to determine whether patients and their primary care physicians still had their SCPs and found them useful.
  
  
  METHODS
  Survey responses.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Only 2 of 20 survivors and 11 of 21 physicians or dentists were able to locate or remember having received the SCPs 3 years later. Eighteen of 20 survivors were unsure of the value of SCPs.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Despite a widely held belief that patients benefit from receiving SCPs, our initial attempt found little awareness of these documents by either the head and neck cancer survivors or their primary care physicians.
authors.forename: Bruce H
authors.initials: BH
authors.lastname: Campbell
authors.forename: Becky L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Massey
authors.forename: Katherine B
authors.initials: KB
authors.lastname: Myers
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D010349:Patient Compliance; D010820:Physicians / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D017741:Survivors / Q000523:psychology*; D014922:Wisconsin