Patient-initiated follow-up affects fear of recurrence and health care use: A randomized trial in early-stage endometrial cancer.

CONCLUSIONS: Hospital-based follow-up alleviates FCR significantly more than patient-initiated follow-up, though the estimated difference was small. Patient-initiated follow-up is a feasible, potentially cost-reducing follow-up approach in a population of endometrial cancer survivors with low risk of recurrence. The decision to use patient-initiated follow-up should balance these benefits and harms. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved. PMID: 29978593 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: BJOG : An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology - July 6, 2018 Category: OBGYN Authors: Jeppesen MM, Jensen PT, Hansen DG, Christensen RD, Mogensen O Tags: BJOG Source Type: research