Table 3.
Responses to Survey Question About Current Attitude Toward Care for Long-Term Survivors of Childhood Cancer
| Response | Respondents |
|
|---|---|---|
| No. | % | |
| I prefer to be their doctor as long as possible. | 242 | 38 |
| Although I enjoy some of the social aspects of their clinic visits, I prefer these patients be seen by a physician other than myself. | 131 | 21 |
| I prefer to refer them and/or discharge them from my clinic at the first opportunity. | 8 | 1 |
| I am willing to see them and continue to care for them in the absence of a more suitable clinician. | 159 | 25 |
| Other | 98 | 15 |
NOTE. Survey question was as follows: Please choose the single response which best summarizes your current attitude toward caring for long-term survivors of childhood cancer.