The role of primary care in supporting patients living with and beyond cancer

R Adam, E Watson - Current opinion in supportive and palliative …, 2018 - journals.lww.com
The four pillars of primary care–contact, comprehensiveness, continuity and coordination–
are recurring themes in the cancer survivorship literature and emphasize that the traditional …

Patterns of comorbidities in women with breast cancer: a Canadian population-based study

HS Ng, A Vitry, B Koczwara, D Roder… - Cancer Causes & …, 2019 - Springer
Purpose Improving the understanding of co-existing chronic diseases prior to and after the
diagnosis of cancer may help to facilitate therapeutic decision making in clinical practice …

[HTML][HTML] Lung cancer inequalities in stage of diagnosis in Ontario, Canada

AK Lofters, E Gatov, H Lu, NN Baxter, SJT Guilcher… - Current …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Lung cancer is the most common cancer and cause of cancer death in Canada, with
approximately 50% of cases diagnosed at stage IV. Sociodemographic inequalities in lung …

[HTML][HTML] Adherence to quality breast cancer survivorship care in four Canadian provinces: a CanIMPACT retrospective cohort study

ML McBride, PA Groome, K Decker, C Kendell, L Jiang… - BMC cancer, 2019 - Springer
Background In order to maximize later health, there are established components and
guidelines for quality follow-up care of breast cancer survivors. However, adherence to …

[HTML][HTML] Protocol for the ONLOOP trial: pragmatic randomized trial evaluating a province-wide system of personalized reminders for evidence-based surveillance tests …

J Shuldiner, E Lam, N Shah, J Grimshaw… - Implementation …, 2024 - Springer
Background Childhood cancer treatment while often curative, leads to elevated risks of
morbidity and mortality. Survivors require lifelong periodic surveillance for late effects of …

Preventable diabetic complications after a cancer diagnosis in patients with diabetes: a population-based cohort study

E Worndl, K Fung, HD Fischer, PC Austin… - JNCI Cancer …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Background A cancer diagnosis may disrupt diabetes management, increasing the risk of
preventable complications. The objective was to determine whether a cancer diagnosis in …

[HTML][HTML] Stage of colorectal cancer diagnosis for immigrants: a population-based retrospective cohort study in Ontario, Canada

AK Lofters, E Gatov, H Lu, NN Baxter… - Cancer Causes & …, 2021 - Springer
Background Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the second most common cause of cancer death in
Canada. Immigrants in Ontario, Canada's most populous province, are known to have lower …

Association of primary care involvement with death or hospitalizations for patients starting dialysis

SA Silver, SE Bota, E McArthur… - Clinical Journal of the …, 2020 - journals.lww.com
Results We identified 19,099 eligible patients. There were 6612 patients with high primary
care physician continuity, of whom 6391 (97%) were matched to 6391 patients with low …

Consultative workshop proceedings of the Canadian team to improve community-based cancer care along the continuum

E Grunfeld, B Petrovic - Current Oncology, 2017 - mdpi.com
The multidisciplinary pan-Canadian canimpact (Canadian Team to Improve Community-
Based Cancer Care Along the Continuum) group is studying how to improve cancer care for …

It takes a team: CanIMPACT: Canadian team to improve community-based cancer care along the continuum

E Grunfeld - Canadian Family Physician, 2016 - cfp.ca
In the 1990s pioneers in family medicine research in Canada such as Ian McWhinney and
Martin Bass1, 2 lamented, in the pages of Canadian Family Physician (CFP), the separation …