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ArticleJournal of cancer survivorship : research and practice2018

Survivorship care planning in gynecologic oncology-perspectives from patients, caregivers, and health care providers.

Belle H de Rooij, Teresa Hagan Thomas, Kathryn E Post, Jane Flanagan, Nicole P M Ezendam, Jeffrey Peppercorn, Don S Dizon

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Article in Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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17 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Effectiveness of eHealth interventions in long-term follow-up care for breast and gynecological cancer survivors: a systematic review.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2026
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  10. Living with and beyond gynecologic cancer: A summary of current trends and perspectives.Canadian oncology nursing journal = Revue canadienne de nursing oncologique · 2025
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  13. Efficacy of exercise interventions for women during and after gynaecological cancer treatment - a systematic scoping review.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2023
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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors.

Belle H de RooijMassachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. b.h.derooij@uvt.nl.ORCID 0000-0002-0172-0857
Teresa Hagan ThomasUniversity of Pittsburgh School of Nursing, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Kathryn E PostMassachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Jane FlanaganMassachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Nicole P M EzendamMassachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Jeffrey PeppercornMassachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Don S DizonLifespan Cancer Institute/Rhode Island Hospital, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, USA.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeThis qualitative study sought to describe the challenges following treatment and the preferences regarding survivorship care among patients treated for gynecological cancer, their caregivers, and health care providers.

methodsBetween July and August 2017, in-depth semi-structured interviews regarding survivorship were conducted at a large academic hospital in the USA among patients who recently completed treatment (< 12 months) for a gynecological cancer (ovarian, endometrial, cervical, and vulvar) and their primary caregivers. A focus group was conducted among health care providers (oncologists, nurses, and fellows). Main themes were identified using descriptive content analysis.

resultsA total of 30 individuals participated in this study (13 patients, 9 caregivers, 8 health care providers). Almost all participants reported a desire for more information on how to address survivorship needs, specifically as they related to side effects, follow-up schedule, and psychological assistance. Despite this uniformly identified need for more information, preferences for survivorship care planning differed across cancer types and individuals, with respect to content, timing, and mode of delivery. Health care providers expressed challenges in communicating with patients about survivorship, a desire to shift post-treatment conversations to the goal of improving quality of life as opposed to focusing on disease recurrence, and an unmet need for disease specific and individualized survivorship care planning.

conclusionsPatients, caregivers, and health care providers each expressed a need for gynecologic cancer-tailored survivorship care resources. IMPLICATIONS FOR CANCER SURVIVORS: The variation of disease types and patient and caregiver needs may require multi-faceted, individualized survivorship care planning.

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SurvivorshipAdultCaregiversFemaleGenital Neoplasms, FemaleHealth PersonnelHumansMiddle AgedPatientsQuality of LifeCancer survivorshipGynecologic cancerQualitative researchSurvivorship careSurvivorship care plan

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PMCPMC6244937

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