Brennan Meagan, Butow Phyllis, Spillane Andrew, Boyle Frances
The Patricia Ritchie Centre for Cancer Care and Research, Mater Hospital, North Sydney, New South Wales.
Aust Fam Physician. 2008 Oct;37(10):826-30.
Due to early detection and improving treatment, the number of breast cancer survivors is increasing. It is estimated that there are now over 113,000 women living in Australia who have had a diagnosis of breast cancer in the past 20 years. How to best care for these women in the long term is an issue currently facing oncologists. With workforce shortages affecting cancer professionals and the changing focus of care to a more holistic approach, it is likely that general practitioners will have opportunities to become increasingly involved in the care of breast cancer survivors.
This article outlines issues to consider when caring for women in the years following their breast cancer treatment, and discusses the role of the GP in current and future models of care.
General practitioners are ideally placed and skilled to address the long term issues that affect women who have survived breast cancer.
由于早期检测和治疗方法的改进，乳腺癌幸存者的数量正在增加。据估计，目前澳大利亚有超过11.3万名女性在过去20年中被诊断出患有乳腺癌。如何长期为这些女性提供最佳护理是肿瘤学家目前面临的一个问题。由于劳动力短缺影响癌症专业人员，且护理重点转向更全面的方法，全科医生很可能有机会越来越多地参与到乳腺癌幸存者的护理中。
本文概述了在乳腺癌治疗后的几年中护理女性时需要考虑的问题，并讨论了全科医生在当前和未来护理模式中的作用。
全科医生处于理想位置且具备相应技能，能够解决影响乳腺癌幸存者的长期问题。
