The COVID-19 pandemic has had a profound and direct impact on the health and lives of
the global population and has placed a huge burden on healthcare systems (Mayor, 2020; …

Objective Care for fear of cancer recurrence (FCR) is considered the most common unmet
need among cancer survivors. Yet the prevalence of FCR and predisposing factors remain …

Objective Shared decision making (SDM) for cancer treatment yields positive results. However,
it appears that discussing essential topics for SDM is not fully integrated into treatment …

Background General Practitioners (GPs) in the Netherlands routinely register all patient
contacts electronically. These records include longitudinally gathered clinical information of the …

Objective Patient involvement in decision making is conditional for personalised treatment
decisions. We aim to provide an up‐to‐date overview of patients’ preferred and perceived …

Background & aim Reducing the duration of the diagnostic cancer care pathway is intensively
pursued. The aim of this study was to chart the diagnostic pathway for the five most …

Background Effective screening programs are urgently needed to provide undiagnosed
hepatitis C virus (HCV)-infected individuals with therapy. This systematic review of …

Background Women with ovarian cancer can present with a variety of symptoms and signs,
and an increasing range of tests are available for their investigation. A number of …

Objectives To assess the quality of cancer registry in primary care. Design and setting A
cross-sectional validation study using linked data from primary care electronic health records (…

PURPOSE An optimal diagnostic process in primary care is pivotal for reducing cancer-related
disease burden. This study aims to explore reasons for long times to referral for Dutch …