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Cancer Nation Releases Results from Survey of 600 Clinicians on Survivorship Care

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Since 2019, Cancer Nation has conducted a Survivorship Survey of cancer survivors and caregivers to learn about their experiences with cancer care, during and after treatment. This year, we wanted to hear the other side of the story: what do clinicians see as the barriers to delivering coordinated, whole-person care? On September 12, Cancer Nation hosted a web briefing to release the results of our new survey of clinicians. Watch the session recording below, and find the full survey report here.

Cancer Nation worked with Edge Research to survey 306 primary care providers (PCPs) and 302 oncologists nationwide to find out what really happens once a cancer diagnosis moves from one clinician’s hands to many. The answer: care that is supposed to be team-based is still running on individual effort, and survivors are too often the ones stitching it all together.

In this web briefing, Cancer Nation CEO Shelley Fuld Nasso, CEO of Cancer Nation, and Pam Loeb and Mariel Molina of Edge Research, present the full findings and what they mean for policy, practice, and the 18 million+ people living with, through, and beyond cancer.

Topic areas we explored in this survey of clinicians include:

  • Why 86% of PCPs and 82% of oncologists say team-based cancer care isn’t happening the way it should.
  • The information and confidence gaps that leave PCPs least prepared for survivorship care.
  • The 20-point gap between oncologists who say they provide Survivorship Care Plans and PCPs who say they receive them.
  • Where clinicians want to see system-level change.
  • How clinicians are using AI in cancer care.
  • Data on clinical trial recommendations.

Watch the full briefing below or watch it on YouTube.

Briefing Topic Chapters

  • 00:00 Intro, Survey Objectives
  • 03:23 Methodology & Who Responded
  • 04:39 Key Takeaways
  • 06:18 Communication and Care Coordination
  • 10:45 PCP Information & Confidence Gaps
  • 13:47 How Clinicians Communicate with Each Other
  • 14:32 Patient’s Role in Coordination
  • 17:17 Insurance Challenges
  • 18:00 Managing Side Effects
  • 21:05 Post-Treatment Care Responsibility
  • 23:10 Topics Discussed Post-Treatment
  • 26:02 Clinician Views on Survivorship Care
  • 27:37 Survivorship Care Plans: Frequency, Delivery, Topics
  • 31:27 Survivorship Care Plan Effectiveness
  • 36:07 AI in Cancer Care: How It’s Used & How Often?
  • 38:56 Clinical Trial Recommendation Data
  • 41:09 Q&A Start, Clarifying Methodology Questions
  • 46:47 How do we make Survivorship Care Plans standard?
  • 48:04 What clinical settings did survey respondents come from?
  • 50:22 More About Clinical Trial Questions

View the Survey Materials

Cancer Nation has made the full Survivorship Survey: Clinician Perspective presentation slide deck and executive summary available for download.

See the Survivorship Survey: Clinician Perspective Survey Materials.

See our previous survey reports here.

The Survivorship Survey: Clinician Perspective was sponsored by Pfizer and Healing Works Foundation.

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About Cancer Nation
Cancer Nation (formerly the National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship) is the nation’s oldest survivor-led cancer advocacy organization advocating for quality cancer care for all people touched by cancer. Established in 1986 by 23 leaders with expertise in cancer research, community-based support programs, cancer information services and cancer advocacy, Cancer Nation represents the more than 18.1 million Americans with a history of cancer by:

  • Working with legislators and policy makers to improve cancer patient and survivor quality of care and quality of life after diagnosis,
  • Advocating for changes in how our nation researches, regulates, finances, and delivers quality cancer care
  • Empowering cancer survivors through publications and programs which provide tools for self-advocacy, and
  • Convening other cancer organizations to address nationwide public policy issues affecting cancer survivors.
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