Enhancing Capacity for Primary Care Research in Cancer Survivorship: A Workshop for Action (Highlights)

Highlights

The Enhancing Capacity for Primary Care Research in Cancer Survivorship: A Workshop for Action event materials are archived on the OCS website at https://cancercontrol.cancer.gov/ocs/special-focus-areas/primary-care-and-cancer-survivorship. Archived materials include the session recordings, executive summary, list of relevant publications, and other workshop-related materials.

Quote 1. With over 18 million cancer survivors in the United States and a shrinking oncology workforce, we need to find ways to deliver high-quality cancer survivorship care in the primary care setting. We know that primary care providers are ready and able to deliver this risk-based care, but they need support. Emily Tonorezos, MD, MPH, NCI Office of Cancer Survivorship

Quote 3. Cancer survivorship care is complex, and primary care providers support key components of care. We need to enhance the capacity for conducting research focused on primary care for survivors to support the growing population of survivors. Michelle Mollica, PhD, MPH, RN, OCN, NCI Office of Cancer Survivorship.

Quote 2. I have been working in this field for 15 years, and we are at an important inflection point. Suvivorship care delivery research that focuses on leveraging primary care's generalist perspective is desperately needed. Shawna Hudson, PhD, Rutgers Health/Rutgers University.

Quote 4. We have the opportunity and responsibility to build and test new collaborative approaches at the intersection of primary care and survivorship that engage the skills and knowledge of primary care clinicians to deliver patient-centered high-quality survivorship care. Erin Hahn, PhD, MPH, Kaiser Permanente Southern California.