Primary care – Taking the lead in cancer care

The editorial in this months European Journal of Cancer Care by David Weller highlights the issues supplement on the role of primary care in cancer control. Primary care is able to offer comprehensive coordinated care for patients. GPs know their patients well and can help with cancer symptom recognition and pyschosocial care. The articles presented in this issue highlight how research is pushing forward the role of primary care across the cancer continuum. Highlights include:

• A “time out consultation” in primary care for elderly patients with cancer: Better treatment decisions by structural involvement of the GP – N.J. de Wit
• Cancer, ageing, multimorbidity and primary care – D. Mazza and G. Mitchell
• A systematic review on the factors associated with positive experiences in carers of someone with cancer – J. Young and A. Snowden
• Facilitating early diagnosis of lung cancer amongst primary care patients: The view of GPs – R. Wagland
• Primary care and cancer: facing the challenges of early diagnosis and survivorship – T. Round
• The US cancer moonshot – A need an opportunity for primary care participation and collaboration – P.R. Lewis