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A study led by Ipsos for the ARC Foundation, carried out in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, shows that more than 90% of general practitioners believe they lack time to provide prevention to their patients. While 80% of them think that prevention should be their priority.
Don’t forget to learn about cancers. This Sunday is the world day against these diseases which will affect 20 million people in 2022. A study carried out by Ipsos for the ARC Foundation shows that more than 90% of general practitioners believe they do not have the time to carry out prevention. their patients. While 80% of them think that prevention should be their priority.
“There are more than 1,000 new drugs currently being tested in oncology and there are thousands that have entered the market recently. Doctors cannot be aware of this medicine that has become sophisticated,” estimates Éric Solary, doctor and researcher at the University of Paris-Saclay and Gustave Roussy. To resolve this lack of information, he advocates improving the almost non-existent communication between hospitals and general practitioners.
Towards new care pathways
“We will have to invent new care pathways bringing together hospitals and general practitioners to manage these end-of-life treatments and survival after cancer,” believes Éric Solary. Furthermore, the researcher would like to emphasize prevention so that patients most at risk benefit from consultations to be better informed by their general practitioners.