ArticleJournal of cancer survivorship : research and practice2014
Associations among survivorship care plans, experiences of survivorship care, and functioning in older breast cancer survivors: CALGB/Alliance 369901.
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- Use and impact of breast cancer survivorship care plans: a systematic review.Breast cancer (Tokyo, Japan) · 2021Pooled it
- Survivorship Care Plans in Cancer: A Meta-Analysis and Systematic Review of Care Plan Outcomes.The oncologist · 2020Pooled it
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- Improving the delivery of team-based survivorship care after primary breast cancer treatment through a multi-level intervention: a pilot randomized controlled trial.Breast cancer research and treatment · 2021Trial
- Quality of life in older patients with cancer and related unmet needs: a scoping review.Acta oncologica (Stockholm, Sweden) · 2025Article
- Primary care provider attitudes about and tendency to use non-recommended surveillance tests after curative breast cancer treatment.Breast cancer research and treatment · 2023Article
- Characteristics of Postoperative Patients with Breast Cancer Aged 65 Years and Older.Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) · 2023Article
- Protocol paper: Multi-site, cluster-randomized clinical trial for optimizing functional outcomes of older cancer survivors after chemotherapy.Journal of geriatric oncology · 2022Article
- Correlates of physical activity among older breast cancer survivors: Findings from the Women's Health Initiative LILAC study.Journal of geriatric oncology · 2022Article
- Subsequent risk of suicide among 9,300,812 cancer survivors in US: A population-based cohort study covering 40 years of data.EClinicalMedicine · 2022Article
- Barriers and engagement in breast cancer survivorship wellness activities.Breast cancer research and treatment · 2021Article
- Challenges for Latina Breast Cancer Patient Survivorship Care in a Rural US-Mexico Border Region.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Primary care physician's confidence and coordination regarding the survivorship care for older breast cancer survivors.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2021Article
- Implementing a multidisciplinary approach for older adults with Cancer: geriatric oncology in practice.BMC geriatrics · 2020Article
- Engaging hematopoietic cell transplantation patients and caregivers in the design of print and mobile application individualized survivorship care plan tools.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2020Article
- Primary care physicians' perspectives of the survivorship care for older breast cancer survivors: a pilot study.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2020Article
- Receipt of a survivorship care plan and self-reported health behaviors among cancer survivors.Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice · 2019Article
- Tailoring a Survivorship Care Plan: Patient and Provider Preferences for Recipients of Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation.Biology of blood and marrow transplantation : journal of the American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation · 2019Article
- Frailty and long-term mortality of older breast cancer patients: CALGB 369901 (Alliance).Breast cancer research and treatment · 2017Article
- Factors influencing implementation of a survivorship care plan-a quantitative process evaluation of the ROGY Care trial.Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice · 2017Article
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Abstract
purposeSurvivorship care plans (SCP) are recommended for all cancer patients and could be especially useful to survivors 65 years and over ("older"). This study examined receipt of SCPs among older breast cancer survivors and whether SCPs were associated with improved patient-reported outcomes.
methodsThree hundred and twenty-eight older women diagnosed with invasive, nonmetastatic breast cancer between 2007-2011 were recruited from 78 cooperative-group sites. Participants completed telephone interviews at baseline and 1-year posttreatment. Regression analyses examined SCP receipt (yes/no) and functioning (EORTC-QLQ-C30), cancer worry, and experiences of survivorship care (care coordination, knowledge).
resultsOnly 35% of women received SCPs. For each 1-year increase in age, there was a 5% lower odds of receiving an SCP (odds ratio (OR) = 0.94, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.91-0.98, p = 0.007). Besides age, no other factor predicted SCPs. SCP receipt was associated with greater knowledge and understanding of requisite follow-up care (p < 0.05); however, functioning was not significantly different among those with vs. without SCPs.
conclusionsReceipt of care plans was limited. SCPs improved understanding of breast cancer follow-up care among older survivors, but did not impact functioning one year post-treatment. IMPLICATIONS FOR CANCER SURVIVORS: To impact functioning and salient needs of the growing cohort of older survivors, survivorship care plans likely should be tailored to geriatric-specific issues. To improve functioning, SCP content should expand to include exercise, nutrition, polypharmacy, social support and management of symptom burden from cancer, and other comorbid conditions. To improve follow-up care for cancer survivors, SCPs should delineate shared care roles between oncology and primary care in managing recurrence surveillance, screening, and cancer sequelae.
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