INTRODUCTION: Aspects of a personal @entity5 history can have implications for future decisions regarding screening, diagnosis, and treatment. Clinicians must sometimes rely on @entity1 ' self-report of their medical history. This study assessed knowledge of details of @entity5 diagnosis and treatment among breast and @entity14 survivors. METHODS: Written surveys were completed by 480 @entity0 survivors and 366 @entity14 survivors diagnosed between 1999 and 2008 at a large @entity5 center in the Minneapolis, MN, area (81% response rate). Responses were compared with @entity5 registry and medical records. RESULTS: Forty percent of @entity0 survivors and 65% of @entity14 survivors were unable to identify their stage of disease. Seven percent of @entity0 survivors and 21% of @entity14 survivors in whom regional nodes were examined did not know whether they had positive nodes. Accuracy of knowledge of @entity172 and @entity1420 status among @entity0 survivors was 58% and 39%, respectively. Of @entity0 survivors treated with @entity632 , 43% correctly identified it as a drug they had received. Their accuracy of identification of receipt of @entity440 or specific aromatase inhibitors was >90%. Of @entity14 survivors treated with @entity901 , 52% correctly identified it as a drug they had received. Accuracy on many items decreased with @entity1 age. CONCLUSIONS: This study identifies several gaps in adult @entity5 survivors' knowledge of details of their diagnosis and treatment that have implications for follow-up care. IMPLICATIONS FOR CANCER SURVIVORS: Provision of written treatment summaries to @entity5 survivors could help them obtain appropriate @entity1 -centered long-term follow-up care.

Breast and XXXX survivors' knowledge about their diagnosis and treatment.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients', 'patient'] @entity172 :: ('MESH:D004967', 'Chemical') :: ['estrogen'] @entity632 :: ('MESH:D004317', 'Chemical') :: ['doxorubicin'] @entity901 :: ('MESH:C030110', 'Chemical') :: ['oxaliplatin'] @entity0 :: ('MESH:D001943', 'Disease') :: ['breast cancer'] @entity1420 :: ('MESH:D011374', 'Chemical') :: ['progesterone'] @entity440 :: ('MESH:D013629', 'Chemical') :: ['tamoxifen'] @entity5 :: ('MESH:D009369', 'Disease') :: ['cancer'] @entity14 :: ('MESH:D015179', 'Disease') :: ['colorectal cancer']
@entity14 :: (MESH:D015179,Disease) :: ['colorectal cancer']
