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ArticleCancer2023

Relationship between survivorship care plans and unmet information needs, quality of life, satisfaction with care, and propensity to engage with, and attend, follow-up care.

Rebecca E Hill, Rebecca Mercieca-Bebber, Joanna E Fardell, Claire E Wakefield, Christina Signorelli, Kate Webber, Richard J Cohn, ANZCHOG Study Group

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Article in Cancer, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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12citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
4.1field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
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  6. Between Ideal and Actual Care: Patients' and Family Carers' Experiences of Cancer Care Relationships.European journal of investigation in health, psychology and education · 2026
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  7. Self-reported late effects and chronic fatigue, information needs and follow-up in long-term survivors of Hodgkin lymphoma-a cross-sectional study.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2026
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  10. Understanding experiences of optimal survivorship care: findings from a population-based study of cancer survivors.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2025
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  11. Survivorship care plan utilization in Australia and New Zealand: survivors', parents' and healthcare providers' perspectives.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Rebecca E HillDiscipline of Paediatrics & Child Health, School of Clinical Medicine, University of New South Wales (UNSW) Medicine and Health, UNSW Sydney, Randwick, New South Wales, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-1253-6243
Rebecca Mercieca-BebberNational Health and Medical Research Council Clinical Trials Centre, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-3708-9099
Joanna E FardellDiscipline of Paediatrics & Child Health, School of Clinical Medicine, University of New South Wales (UNSW) Medicine and Health, UNSW Sydney, Randwick, New South Wales, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-7334-3475
Claire E WakefieldDiscipline of Paediatrics & Child Health, School of Clinical Medicine, University of New South Wales (UNSW) Medicine and Health, UNSW Sydney, Randwick, New South Wales, Australia.
Christina SignorelliDiscipline of Paediatrics & Child Health, School of Clinical Medicine, University of New South Wales (UNSW) Medicine and Health, UNSW Sydney, Randwick, New South Wales, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-7091-0347
Kate WebberSchool of Clinical Sciences at Monash Health, Faculty of Medicine, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia.
Richard J CohnDiscipline of Paediatrics & Child Health, School of Clinical Medicine, University of New South Wales (UNSW) Medicine and Health, UNSW Sydney, Randwick, New South Wales, Australia.
ANZCHOG Study Group
UNSW Sydney · AUMonash Health · AUThe University of Sydney · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe impact of survivorship care plans (SCPs) on the proximal and distal outcomes of adult and childhood cancer survivors, and parent proxies, is unclear. This study aimed to determine the relationship between SCP receipt and these outcomes.

methodsA cross-sectional survey of adult and childhood cancer survivors (and parent proxies for survivors aged younger than 16 years) across Australia and New Zealand was conducted. Multivariate regression models were fitted to measure the impact of SCP receipt on proximal (unmet information needs and propensity to engage with, and attend, cancer-related follow-up care) and distal outcomes (quality of life and satisfaction with cancer-related follow-up care) with control for cancer history and sociodemographic factors.

resultsOf 1123 respondents, 499 were adult cancer survivors and 624 were childhood cancer survivors (including 222 parent proxies). We found that SCP receipt was predictive of greater attendance at, and awareness of, cancer-related follow-up care (adult: odds ratio [OR], 2.46; 95% CI, 1.18-5.12; OR, 2.38; 95% CI, 1.07-5.29; child/parent: OR, 2.61; 95% CI, 1.63-4.17; OR, 1.63; 95% CI, 1.06-2.50; respectively). SCP receipt also predicted fewer unmet information needs related to "follow-up care required" and "possible late effects" (adult: OR, 0.44; 95% CI, 0.20-0.96; OR, 0.29; 95% CI, 0.13-0.64; child/parent: OR, 0.46; 95% CI, 0.30-0.72; OR, 0.57; 95% CI, 0.38-0.85; respectively). In terms of distal outcomes, SCP receipt predicted a better global quality of life for adult cancer survivors (β, 0.08; 95% CI, -0.01-7.93), proxy-reported health-related quality of life (β, 0.15; 95% CI, 0.44-7.12), and satisfaction with follow-up care for childhood cancer survivors (OR, 2.93; 95% CI, 1.64-5.23).

conclusionsPrevious studies have shown little impact of SCPs on distal end points. Results suggest that SCPs may be beneficial to cancer survivors' proximal and distal outcomes.

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AftercareNeoplasmsAdultAgedChildCross-Sectional StudiesHumansPatient Care PlanningPersonal SatisfactionQuality of LifeSurvivorshipadult cancerchildhood cancerquality of lifesurvivorshipsurvivorship care planunmet needs

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PMID37566341
PMCPMC10952368
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