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Talking to Your DoctorChoice of Doctor for Cancer Survivor Care Does Not Match Actual Care
New research suggests there’s a mismatch between the type of doctors cancer survivors say they prefer for on-going cancer care and who they actually see. An American Cancer Society (ACS) study showed that most cancer survivors preferred their primary care physician (PCP) and cancer doctor (oncologist) to share their on-going cancer care and for their PCPs to take charge of their preventive health care and management of chronic health conditions. But in the last 4 years, only 60% of survivors had seen a cancer doctor, while 96% had seen a PCP.
Changing the Doctor-Parent HPV Conversation
One of the biggest barriers to increasing the rate of HPV vaccination is getting more healthcare providers to recommend it in the same way they do other types of vaccines, according to gynecologist and Boston University researcher Rebecca Perkins.