A health economic evaluation of follow-up after breast cancer surgery: Results of an rct study

Comparing the costs of three prostate cancer follow-up strategies: a cost minimisation analysis

“…An economic model from the Netherlands compared breast cancer follow-up in hospital with shifting care to either the National Screening programme or to GPs and found substantial cost savings [27]. Similarly, economic evaluations of colorectal cancer follow-up by surgeons or GPs in Norway [28] and breast cancer follow-up by physicians or nurses in Sweden [29] found that moving follow-up into primary care was cost saving.…”

Towards a personalised approach to aftercare: a review of cancer follow-up in the UK

“…Giving patients the option to initiate their own contact with specialist nurses based on self-assessed need is a growing trend [29,30,34,39,44]. In the main, there is high satisfaction with patient-led follow-up by low to moderate risk breast cancer survivors, as long as they are confident to assess their own symptoms, have a clear indication of their future risk profile, receive annual mammographic surveillance, and are provided with a safe, reliable, and quick route back to specialist care if needed.…”

“…Ideal patients are those with chronic or complex conditions and those requiring repetitive discussions, such as elderly individuals. Koinberg et al [30] Stage I and II breast cancer patients (n=254)…”

“…patient-initiated) follow-up with a nurse (NG; n=133) [30]. Traditional follow-up involved a specialist in oncology or surgery examining the patient four times per year during the first two-years after surgery, followed by biannual examinations for up to 5 years, and yearly after fiveyears.…”

State of Science Conference in Cancer Care – identification of front line research topics

“…After several decades of research conducted by a wide variety of individuals, cancer care research had become comparably strong in Sweden. Examples of recent articles from this research are [4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23]. There was a general recognition of the need to further develop and consolidate our collective efforts if this research will have greater impact on patients and their families.…”