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Colon Cancer
Findings from C.F. Snyder and co-researchers advance knowledge in colon cancer
May 12th, 2008
" To explore the mix of physician specialties that long-term survivors visit and how the mix relates to preventive care. Patients and Methods Using the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results-Medicare database, we conducted a retrospective, longitudinal study of stage I to III Medicare fee-for-service colorectal cancer patients diagnosed in 1997," investigators in the United States report. "We examined physician visits and preventive care each year for 5 years, starting 366 days postdiagnosis, and how preventive service receipt related to the physician mix seen: primary care provider (PCP) only, oncologist only, both, or neither. A total of 1,541 patients met the...
Source: Managed Care Weekly Digest (2008-05-12)
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