1. The role of the GP during cancer treatment: how patients and GPs saw it. Rehabilitation of cancer patients and survivors: Is general practice in or out? Ann Dorrit Guassora, MD, PhD Rikke Dalsted, PhD-student, MSc, nurse Thorkil Thorsen, MA, PhilDr The Department and Research Unit for General Practice, University of Copenhagen.

2. Background Studies say: ”When the patients get cancer they stop seeing me” Information from the hospitals The role of the GP in the care of cancer patients during the time when they are treated in hospital

3. Methods Cancer patients – 12 individual interviews General practitioners – 2 focusgroups

4. The current role of the GP during treatment of cancer patients: According to GPs: Often did not have any role Support and discussions GP5S: ”…What we have to offer is more about the existential questions, their worries, their anxieties, their families, the relationship with their children, and…”

5. The current role of the GP during treatment of cancer patients: Depending on prior relation and the quality of the contact Continuing contact to patients who had few ressources GP4S: ”Maybe it’s our job exactly to take care of the ones who are not educated and the poorest of our patients.”

6. The current role of the GP during treatment of cancer patients: According to patients: Most patients did not need their GP during treatment Patient4L: ”No, I did not need him. Because I had it from the hospital. So I did not need him when I had treatment.”

7. The current role of the GP during treatment of cancer patients: According to patients: Most patients did not see a role for the GP in coordinating their treatment I: ”You did not consider calling the GP?” Patient1P: ”No (…) No, I called them [at the out-patient clinic]. They had given us the phonenumber, the two specialist nurses who could help answering. The GP does not know about such matters.”

8. Discussion Is the GP in or out during treatment? ”Overdose” of health care But returning some day to the care of the GP…