Nurse led follow up of cancer patients is safe and acceptable

Follow up of patients with lung cancer by specialist nurses leads to positive outcomes and is acceptable to patients and general practitioners. A randomised controlled trial by Moore and colleagues (p 1145) compared nurse led follow up with conventional medical follow up and found it to be safe, acceptable, and cost effective. Patients who were followed up by nurses scored better on most satisfaction subscales throughout the trial and were more likely to die at home than in a hospital or hospice. The two groups did not differ in survival or rates of objective progression.

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Nurse led follow up and conventional medical follow up in management of patients with lung cancer: randomised trial

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