Abstract
Building Consensus for the Follow-up of Colorectal Cancer Patients by Primary Care: A Nominal Group Technique Study
Highlights
In Portugal colorectal cancer is the first most common cancer, with an incidence of 10,270 new cases annually and a 5 year - prevalence of 27,627 cases [1]
Shared-care follow-up should take a multidisciplinary and survivor-centred approach, ensuring that information and communication are shared between settings with a clear definition of responsibilities, a survivor care plan and mechanisms for future referencing when justified
Shared follow-up has the potential to help cancer survivors to cope with their disease from a physical, social, and psychological aspects
Summary
In Portugal colorectal cancer is the first most common cancer, with an incidence of 10,270 new cases annually and a 5 year - prevalence of 27,627 cases [1]. Cancer has a significant impact in patients’ physical, emotional, and social wellbeing and is associated with a significant societal and economic impact due to premature deaths and loss of productivity because of significant morbidity and disability disease generated. In the European Union, the costs associated with cancer in 2009 were 126 thousand million euros and the costs due to loss of productivity by premature death were 42.6 thousand million euros. In Portugal colorectal cancer has the highest number of new cases per year and cancer survivors five-year after diagnosis. While the number of cancer survivors increases, follow-up is perceived as the management of a chronic disease
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