Utilisation of Medicare chronic disease management item numbers for people with cancer in Queensland, Australia.

Objective Chronic disease is common in people with cancer. However, the utilisation of Medicare chronic disease management (CDM) items for cancer patients in Australia remains unexplored. This study investigates Medicare CDM item numbers relating to people with cancer, including general practitioner (GP) and allied health CDM item numbers, and any associated sociodemographic factors.

When Cancer and Cardiovascular Disease Intersect: The Challenge and the Opportunity of Cardio-Oncology.

Cancer and cardiovascular disease (CVD) commonly coexist, with increasing evidence that long-term cancer survivors are more likely to die from CVD than the general population. Effective management of CVD and its risk factors requires identification of patients at increased risk who may benefit from early intervention and their appropriate monitoring across the disease trajectory. Improving outcomes requires new models of multidisciplinary cancer care supported by care pathways.

Childhood cancer survivorship care: A qualitative study of healthcare providers' professional preferences.

Purpose: Childhood cancer survivorship care is a complex specialty, though it is increasingly being integrated into the general practitioner's (GP) remit. Establishing the essential components of tertiary- and primary-led care, to maximize the benefits and overcome the challenges inherent to each, is essential to inform the development of survivor-centered, sustainable care models.

Methods: We used the qualitative principles of semi-structured interviewing, verbatim transcription, coding (supported by NVivo12) and thematic analysis, to collect and evaluate the views and preferences of pediatric oncologists, survivorship nurse coordinators, and GPs currently caring for childhood cancer survivors.

eHealth tools for childhood cancer survivorship care: A qualitative analysis of survivors', parents', and general practitioners' views.

Objective: We assessed the acceptability of, and perceived benefits/barriers to, using Electronic health (eHealth) technology for childhood cancer survivorship care.

Methods: We interviewed survivors, their parents, and their nominated GP. We described a hypothetical eHealth tool to manage survivorship care and asked their likely use of, and perceived benefits/concerns for, the use of the tool.

The Importance of Primary Care in Cardio-Oncology.

There is significant interplay between cancer and cardiovascular disease involving shared risk factors, cross disease communication where cardiovascular events can influence cancer recurrence, and mortality rates and cardiotoxicity from cancer treatments with resultant increased cardiovascular mortality and morbidity in cancer patients. This is a major cause of death in many long-term cancer survivors. As a result, cardio-oncology, which involves the prevention, early detection, and optimal treatment of cardiovascular disease in patients treated for cancer, is expanding globally.

The lived experience of children and adolescents with cancer.

Background: The lived experience of children and adolescents diagnosed with cancer differs greatly from that of the adult cancer patient. A diagnosis of cancer disrupts almost every developmental life stage and continues to affect the child, and potentially their whole family, throughout adulthood.

Objective: While it is important to recognise the potential for post-traumatic growth, a considerable proportion of children and adolescents will experience poorer psychological, social, educational and quality-of-life outcomes.

Personalised cancer care in the era of precision medicine.

Background: Advances in cancer treatment have not benefited all patients equally, underscoring the need for a personalised approach to care.

Objective: The aim of this article is to outline the key elements of personalised cancer care, including delivery of goal-directed care, self-management and self-management support, care integration, focus on access and equity, reduction in cost and promotion of health literacy and e-health literacy.

Discussion: Achievement of personalised cancer care requires a system-wide approach that targets the patient, healthcare provider and healthcare system with data informing practice.

Re-Engage: A Novel Nurse-Led Program for Survivors of Childhood Cancer Who Are Disengaged From Cancer-Related Care.

Background: Survivors of childhood cancer often experience treatment-related chronic health conditions. Survivorship care improves survivors' physical and mental health, yet many are disengaged from care. Innovative models of care are necessary to overcome patient-reported barriers to accessing survivorship care and to maximize survivors' health.

The important role of general practice in the care of cancer survivors.

Background: The number of people living with and beyond cancer is increasing substantially. Primary care has an important role in the ongoing management of cancer survivors.

Objective: The aim of this article is to outline common concerns of cancer survivors, evidence to support the role of general practitioners (GP) in survivorship care and key aspects of primary care-led survivorship care.

Exercise medicine in cancer care.

Background: Every four minutes, an Australian is diagnosed with cancer. Early detection and effective treatment means that many of these people are living with the side effects of cancer and its treatment for numerous years.

Objective: The aim of this article is to summarise the evidence examining the role of exercise in cancer care.

The Role of Primary Care Physicians in Childhood Cancer Survivorship Care: Multiperspective Interviews.

Background: Primary care physicians (PCPs) are well placed to provide holistic care to survivors of childhood cancer and may relieve growing pressures on specialist-led follow-up. We evaluated PCPs' role and confidence in providing follow-up care to survivors of childhood cancer.

Subjects, Materials, And Methods: In Stage 1, survivors and parents (of young survivors) from 11 Australian and New Zealand hospitals completed interviews about their PCPs' role in their follow-up.

'Re-engage' pilot study protocol: a nurse-led eHealth intervention to re-engage, educate and empower childhood cancer survivors.

Introduction: Many childhood cancer survivors are disengaged from cancer-related follow-up care despite being at high risk of treatment-related late effects. Innovative models of long-term follow-up (LTFU) care to manage ongoing treatment-related complications are needed. 'Re-engage' is a nurse-led eHealth intervention designed to improve survivors' health-related self-efficacy, targeted at survivors disengaged from follow-up.

Recruiting primary care physicians to qualitative research: Experiences and recommendations from a childhood cancer survivorship study.

Background: Primary care physicians (PCPs) are essential for healthcare delivery but can be difficult to recruit to health research. Low response rates may impact the quality and value of data collected. This paper outlines participant and study design factors associated with increased response rates among PCPs invited to participate in a qualitative study at Sydney Children's Hospital, Australia.