title: Life after breast, prostate, and colon cancer: Primary care's role.
abstract: When patients survive cancer, they eventually come back to their primary care physicians. This group has special needs, including surveillance for recurrent and new cancer, health promotion, and interventions to mitigate the lingering effects of the cancer and the adverse effects of its treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Florida, Weston, FL, USA. jonczae@ccf.org.
authors.forename: Emily E
authors.initials: EE
authors.lastname: Jonczak
authors.affiliation: Department of Hematology and Oncology, Cleveland Clinic Florida, Weston, FL, USA.
authors.forename: Elizabeth R
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Stone
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Florida, Weston, FL, USA.
authors.forename: Cristina I
authors.initials: CI
authors.lastname: Pravia
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Florida, Weston, FL, USA.
authors.forename: Darby
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sider
mesh_terms: D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D000073116:Cancer Survivors; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005221:Fatigue / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010024:Osteoporosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D010819:Physician's Role; D011159:Population Surveillance / Q000379:methods*; D011320:Primary Health Care; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012008:Recurrence; D012735:Sexual Dysfunction, Physiological / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy