Isabel Rau
Pronouns: she/her
Research Mentor(s): Lauren Wallner
Research Mentor School/College/Department: Internal Medicine, Division of General Medicine / Medicine
Program: UROP
Session: Session 4 (1:40pm – 2:30pm)
Authors: Rebecca Courser, Lauren Wallner, Isabel Rau
Abstract
The goal of this study is to further the understanding about the quality of breast cancer survivorship care by assessing disparities in both the delivery and quality of breast cancer survivorship care. The study is also examining whether more PCP involvement in survivorship care results in improved quality, particularly among vulnerable populations. This study also examines the quality of survivorship care in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. To obtain this information, the Georgia and Los Angeles County Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) registries distributed a follow-up survey to a racially and economically diverse group of women diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer in 2014-2015. The hypothesis of this study is that women who have more involvement from their primary care provider (PCP) will have better survivorship care, and women in vulnerable populations will report more involvement with their PCP regarding their survivorship care. The data collection for this study is still ongoing, and thus there are no results to report yet. However, the results of this study will help inform future survivorship care delivery strategies and will help guide interventions to improve the delivery and quality of survivorship care for all women.
