Georgetown University Researcher's Study Finds Gaps in Cancer Survivor Care
Research article suggests a "major difference" in confidence levels and knowledge between oncologists and primary care physicians
A study published Monday in the Journal of General Internal Medicine found that there is a need for improvement in the care given to cancer survivors, and that doctors of differing specialties may have different ideas of what that may entail. Arnold Potosky PhD, the Director of Health Services Research at Georgetown University, Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, discovered in his research, titled Differences Between Primary Care Physicians’ and Oncologists’ Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices Regarding the Care of Cancer Survivors, that there are large gaps in both confidence and knowledge between the two specialties in this area. “We found large differences between oncologists and primary care physicians in confidence in their own …
