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. 2015 Oct 26;65(640):e761–e768. doi: 10.3399/bjgp15X687409

Table 2.

Care for people who recently completed active cancer treatment

Rarely/never/don’t know,an (%) Sometimes, n (%) Often/almost always,an (%)
How often the GPs receive:
  A short treatment summarya 38 (7.6) 114 (22.8) 348 (69.6)
  A detailed treatment summarya 89 (17.8) 160 (32.0) 251 (50.2)
  Details of ongoing care from hospitala 63 (12.6) 152 (30.4) 285 (57.0)
Details of ongoing care to be provided by GPa 133 (26.6) 157 (31.4) 210 (42.0)
  Information on when to refer backa 231 (46.2) 165 (33.0) 104 (20.8)
  Information on possible late effectsa 291 (58.2) 130 (26.0) 79 (15.8)

Frequency of providing care related to:
  Management of treatment-related side effects 61 (12.2) 182 (36.4) 257 (51.4)
  Management of psychological symptoms 57 (11.4) 164 (32.8) 279 (55.8)
  Lifestyle health care 41 (8.2) 183 (36.6) 276 (55.2)
  Advice concerning work and/or finances 146 (29.2) 204 (40.8) 150 (30.0)
a

‘Almost’ always was provided as an option in place of ‘don’t know’ for these questions. The options were rarely/never/sometimes/often/almost always, whereas the options for the other questions were rarely/never/don’t know/sometimes/often.