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. 2014 Jun 24;10(5):e293–e298. doi: 10.1200/JOP.2013.001192

Table 2.

Information Survivors Reported Receiving and Wanting

Information Received Verbally Only (%) Received Written Only (%) Received Verbally, Written or Both (%)* Not Received (%) Not Received but Wanted (%)
Follow-up plan or appointment schedule 36.9 1.2 98.8 1.2 0.0
Monitoring plan scans, blood tests 43.5 2.4 94.1 5.9 20.3
Late effects > 2 years after treatment 24.7 33.0 92.6 7.4 0.0
Detailed summary of treatment 21.2 5.9 83.6 16.4 43.0
Screening for new cancer diagnosis 44.6 0.0 75.9 24.2 59.9
Adverse effects first 1-2 years after treatment 30.2 2.4 77.2 22.9 84.3
Nutrition 18.8 14.2 68.3 31.8 55.7
Exercise 25.0 6.0 59.6 40.5 47.2
Support groups for survivors 14.8 7.4 49.4 50.6 36.6
Pain symptom management 20.7 3.7 47.6 52.5 30.3
Coping after treatment is over 19.5 3.7 43.9 56.1 41.4
Family adjustment after cancer 11.1 2.5 37.1 63.0 43.2
Integrative medicine 14.6 7.3 36.5 63.5 44.3
Resources around health Insurance 10.8 4.8 33.7 66.3 25.5
Strategies for fear of recurrence 13.4 0.0 29.3 70.8 67.2
Financial resources 6.1 4.9 20.8 79.3 29.3
Fertility 10.1 0.0 19.0 81.0 12.5
Genetic counseling 9.7 0.0 18.0 81.9 27.1
Sexual health 11.3 1.3 16.4 83.8 31.4
Vocational employment counseling 3.8 0.0 6.3 93.7 22.9
Smoking cessation 1.3 1.3 6.5 93.5 7.0
*

Percentage of participants who received information on elements of survivorship care in any form.