Open AccessCANCER SURVIVORSHIP – MORE THAN JUST SURVIVING CANCER
Author(s) -
Fok Wai Yee Rose,
Kiley Loh Wei-Jen
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
singapore family physician
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0377-5305
DOI - 10.33591/sfp.46.2.uo1
Subject(s) - survivorship curve , cancer survivorship , medicine , cancer , incidence (geometry) , quality of life (healthcare) , health care , primary care , cancer incidence , gerontology , family medicine , nursing , physics , optics , economics , economic growth
Survivorship care is an essential component of high-quality cancer care due to rising cancer incidence, survival and the recognition of unique health challenges cancer survivors face. Primary care practitioners (PCP) have played pivotal roles in cancer survivorship in the community in first world settings, and current evidence suggest that PCPs can provide more cost-effective and equally safe surveillance care to cancer survivors with no difference in recurrence rates, time to detection of recurrence, mortality and health-related quality of life, compared to specialists. High quality survivorship care is best delivered using a collaborative approach between tertiary based specialists and community-based PCPs.