Leah L Zullig, Mohammad Shahsahebi, Benjamin Neely, Terry Hyslop, Renee A V Avecilla, Brittany M Griffin, Kacey Clayton-Stiglbauer, Theresa Coles, Lynda Owen, Bryce B Reeve, Kevin Shah, Rebecca A Shelby, Linda Sutton, Michaela A Dinan, S Yousuf Zafar, Nishant P Shah, Susan Dent, Kevin C Oeffinger
BACKGROUND: As treatments for cancer have improved, more people are surviving cancer. However, compared to people without a history of cancer, cancer survivors are more likely to die of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Increased risk for CVD-related mortality among cancer survivors is partially due to lack of medication adherence and problems that exist in care coordination between cancer specialists, primary care physicians, and cardiologists. METHODS/DESIGN: The Onco-primary care networking to support TEAM-based care (ONE TEAM) study is an 18-month cluster-randomized controlled trial with clustering at the primary care clinic level...
November 18, 2021: BMC Family Practice