Lena Saltbaek, MD, on a Nurse-Led Follow-Up Intervention for Early Breast Cancer
For patients with early-stage breast cancer, treatment follow-up with nurse-led self-management sessions may be a viable alternative to physician visits, according to results of a phase III trial in the . Lena Saltbæk, MD, PhD, of the Danish Cancer Institute in Copenhagen, and colleagues randomized 503 patients to either a nurse-led follow-up program consisting of a self-management intervention and patient-reported outcomes or a physician-led follow-up program.
