How are cared surviving cancer patients? Results of an Italian national survey to medical oncologists (MO) about clinical and organizational features of follow-up (FU).

e19592 Background: The growing demand and the resources shortage are pushing toward more efficient models of survivorship care delivery. The interface between the MO, the specialists involved in FU and Primary Care Physicians (PCP) should be optimized. While the “oncology centered” model seems hardly sustainable, a “sequential” model (PCP FU after an arbitrarily defined period of specialist FU) is gaining acceptance. A proposed alternative is a “shared-cares” model that promotes the interaction between MO and PCP throughout the whole clinical history. AIOM established a working group with the aim of promoting improvements at the national level. A survey aimed at assessing attitudes and feelings of MO was considered preliminary to any further initiative. Methods: A 25-item questionnaire was sent to the mailing list of the Society, in a 2-months period during 2011. One MO per institution was asked to answer to the questions. The sections of the survey were the following: 1) organizational features of FU; 2)...