Determining cancer survivors’ preferences to inform new models of follow-up care

Determining cancer survivors’ preferences to inform new models of follow-up care A new study from the UK has used discrete choice experiment questionnaires to survey over 600 survivors of melanoma, breast, prostate and colorectal cancer to determine their preferences for follow-up care.  Overall, respondents were willing to accept non-consultant follow-up if that care included one-to-one counselling and provided increased continuity of care. This is the first study to assess British cancer survivors’ follow-up preferences and compare preferences based on cancer type. The results demonstrate that there is scope to develop more cost-effect, non-traditional, methods of delivering cancer follow-up care. Read the full article here.