Stage II/III Rectal Cancer Post-Treatment Surveillance Patterns of Care: A SEER- Medicare Study.

Introduction: Despite high rectal cancer recurrence rates, knowledge on post-treatment surveillance utilization is limited. Hence, this study aims to estimate patterns of post-treatment surveillance and determine associated factors.

Patients And Methods: Retrospective study of 1,024 SEER-Medicare patients >65 years old diagnosed with stage II/III rectal cancer between 2007-2013.

The first contacts between healthcare providers and newly-arrived asylum seekers: a qualitative study about which issues need to be addressed.

Objectives: Asylum seekers have been recognized as having unique and complex health needs which require attention upon arrival in the host country. Not much is known about what issues to address in first contacts with asylum seekers. The purpose of this study is to give insight in the specific issues that healthcare providers need to address in the first contacts with newly arrived asylum seekers.