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Table 4 Participation in follow-up by the general practitioner during or after primary cancer treatment

From: General practitioners' role in cancer care: a French-Norwegian study

 

France

N = 1679

Norway

N = 386

Procedure

N

%

N

%

GP implicated in follow-up 1st year after primary treatment

1277

76

252

65

GP implicated in follow-up after first year

1179

781

215

731

Important patient-doctor talk

1309

78

327

85

Social-administrative help (sick leave, home based care...)

963

57

259

67

Co-ordination of home care

369

22

67

17

Treatment of non-cancer disease

1203

72

247

64

Non-cancer treatment led to contact with cancer therapist

281

17

45

12

  1. 1 Of 1519 French patients and 295 Norwegian patients where this was relevant one year after primary treatment