Participants
breast or colorectal cancer, breast cancer, cancer, active cancer, Cancer
BREAST CANCER, CANCER, PCP, PROSTATE CANCER, CANCER
Two groups of patients were recruited: (1) patients receiving active cancer treatment (ie, those who were receiving care from a medical oncologist for early-stage breast cancer or from a radiation oncologist for localized prostate cancer) and (2) patients who transitioned to survivorship care (ie, those who have completed treatment for breast or colorectal cancer and were being discharged to their PCP). The treatment and survivorship phases of cancer care were selected to examine the patients’ experiences as cancer survivors (using the National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship’s definition from the time of diagnosis onward [