UNASSIGNED: 9128 Background: Little is known about primary care physicians' attitudes and knowledge regarding the health and long term follow-up (LTFU) of childhood @entity5 survivors (CCS). We sought to obtain family physicians' (FPs) self-reported preferences and knowledge regarding this population. METHODS: Following a pre-notification letter, surveys with a  2 bill were mailed to 1520 physicians from the AAFP membership directory in November 2010. A second mailing to non-responders is ongoing. RESULTS: To date, 529 FPs have responded (35% response rate). Respondents have practiced a median of 25 years and see a median of 80 @entity1 /week. In the last five years, 63% had seen at least one CCS in their practice; about half (54%) report almost never receiving a treatment summary. Among 3 specific @entity5 , respondents' discomfort in caring for CCS (1 = very uncomfortable; 7 = very comfortable) was greatest for @entity421 survivors (3.2    1.7), less with @entity981 survivors (3.3    1.7), and least with @entity978 ( @entity978 ) survivors (mean    SD 3.6    1.7). The majority (82%) prefer to care for CCS in consultation with a @entity5 center based physician and/or LTFU clinic. A vignette of a 29-year-old female treated for @entity978 with mantle radiation at age 16 was provided, @entity1 were asked a series of follow-up monitoring questions. Concordance of responses to the @entity1 's Oncology Group LTFU Guidelines was: @entity0 surveillance, 18%; cardiac surveillance; 10%, and thyroid surveillance, 71%. Only 3% were concordant with all three of these questions. Concordance with @entity0 and cardiac questions was associated with reported familiarity with guidelines (OR=3.49, 95% CI 1.79-6.78; OR=3.73, 95% CI 1.73-8.04, respectively). In describing what would be most useful to care for CCS (1=not at all useful; 5=very useful), among 11 options, FPs reported the most preferred were access to LTFU guidelines (4.7    0.6) and a @entity1 -specific care plan (4.7    0.6). CONCLUSIONS: While the majority of FPs are willing to follow CCS, they express some discomfort with this care, appear unfamiliar with the available LTFU guidelines and prefer to follow @entity1 in collaboration with a @entity5 center.

Physician preferences and knowledge gaps regarding the care of childhood XXXX survivors: A survey of the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP).

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['participants', 'patients', 'Children', 'patient'] @entity981 :: ('MESH:D054198', 'Disease') :: ['ALL'] @entity0 :: ('MESH:D001943', 'Disease') :: ['breast cancer'] @entity5 :: ('MESH:D009369', 'Disease') :: ['cancer types', 'cancer'] @entity421 :: ('MESH:D012516', 'Disease') :: ['osteosarcoma'] @entity978 :: ('MESH:D006689', 'Disease') :: ['HL', 'Hodgkin lymphoma']
@entity5 :: (MESH:D009369,Disease) :: ['cancer']
