Current practice patterns and gaps in guideline-concordant breast cancer survivorship care.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Breast cancer-specific survivorship care guidelines for the more than 3.8 million survivors in the U.S. are available, but implementation in clinical practice remains challenging. We examined current practice patterns and factors associated with guideline-concordant survivorship care among oncologists.

Methods

A national sample of medical oncologists, recruited using two databases, participated in a survey focused on practice patterns for breast cancer survivorship care. A "survivorship care composite score" was calculated for each respondent based on provision of services recommended in the survivorship guidelines. Descriptive statistics and multivariable linear regression analyses examined associations between physician and practice characteristics and composite sc

SUBMITTER: Brauer ER 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9243187 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature