Rates and Predictors of Visits to Primary Care Physicians during and after Treatment of Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia: A Population-Based Cohort Study

Abstract Introduction: Though ideal models of survivorship care are not definitively established, it has been suggested that childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) survivors can be cared for by properly informed primary care physicians (PCP - e.g. family physicians, community pediatricians) given low risks of late effects. PCP-driven models of care are dependent on the willingness of families to re-engage with their PCPs …