abstract: 'Background: Most efforts to advance cancer survivorship care have occurred in Western countries. There has been limited research towards gaining a comprehensive understanding of survivorship care provision in the Asia-Pacific region. This study aimed to establish the perceptions of responsibility, confidence, and frequency of survivorship care practices of oncology practitioners and examine their perspectives on factors that impede quality survivorship care. Methods: A cross-sectional survey of hospital-based oncology practitioners in 10 Asia-Pacific countries was undertaken between May 2015-October 2016. The participating countries included Australia, Hong Kong, China, Japan, South Korea, Thailand, Singapore, India, Myanmar, and The Philippines. The survey was administered using paper-based or online questionnaires via specialist cancer care settings, educational meetings, and professional organisations. Results: In total, 1501 oncology practitioners participated in the study. When comparing the subscales of responsibility perception, frequency and confidence, Australian practitioners had significantly higher ratings than practitioners in Hong Kong, Japan, Thailand, and Singapore (all p < 0.05). Surprisingly, practitioners working in Low-and Mid-Income Countries (LMICs) had higher levels of responsibility perception, confidence and frequencies of delivering survivorship care than those working in High-Income Countries (HICs) (p < 0.001), except for the responsibility perception of care coordination where no difference in scores was observed (p = 0.83). Physicians were more confident in delivering most of the survivorship care interventions compared to nurses and allied-health professionals. Perceived barriers to survivorship care were similar across the HICs and LMICs, with the most highly rated items for all practitioners being lack of time, dedicated educational resources for patients and family members, and evidence-based practice guidelines informing survivorship care. Conclusions: Different survivorship practices have been observed between HICs and LMICs, Australia and other countries and between the professional disciplines. Future service planning and research efforts should take these findings into account and overcome barriers identified in this study.' affiliation: 'Chan, RJ (Corresponding Author), Queensland Univ Technol, Sch Nursing, Brisbane, Qld, Australia. Chan, RJ (Corresponding Author), Queensland Univ Technol, Inst Hlth \& Biomed Innovat, Brisbane, Qld, Australia. Chan, RJ (Corresponding Author), Royal Brisbane \& Womens Hosp, Canc Care Serv, Brisbane, Qld, Australia. Chan, Raymond Javan; Yates, Patsy, Queensland Univ Technol, Sch Nursing, Brisbane, Qld, Australia. Chan, Raymond Javan; Yates, Patsy, Queensland Univ Technol, Inst Hlth \& Biomed Innovat, Brisbane, Qld, Australia. Chan, Raymond Javan; Yates, Patsy; Wyld, David, Royal Brisbane \& Womens Hosp, Canc Care Serv, Brisbane, Qld, Australia. Li, Qiuping, Jiangnan Univ, Wuxi Med Sch, Wuxi, Jiangsu, Peoples R China. Komatsu, Hiroko, Keio Univ, Fac Nursing \& Med Care, Tokyo, Japan. Lopez, Violeta, Natl Univ Singapore, Yong Loo Lin Sch Med, Alice Lee Ctr Nursing Studies, Singapore, Singapore. Thandar, Myat, Univ Nursing, Yangon, Myanmar. Chacko, Selva Titus, Christian Med Coll \& Hosp, Coll Nursing, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India. So, Winnie Kwok Wei, Chinese Univ Hong Kong, Nethersole Sch Nursing, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Peoples R China. Pongthavornkamol, Kanaungnit, Mahidol Univ, Fac Nursing, Bangkok, Thailand. Yi, Myungsun, Seoul Natl Univ, Coll Nursing, Seoul, South Korea. Yi, Myungsun, Seoul Natl Univ, Res Inst Nursing Sci, Seoul, South Korea. Pittayapan, Pongpak, Mahidol Univ, Nursing Dept, Siriraj Hosp, Bangkok, Thailand. Butcon, Jessica, Bicol Univ, Coll Med, Bicol, Philippines. Molassiotis, Alex, Hong Kong Polytech Univ, Sch Nursing, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Peoples R China.' article-number: '715' author: Chan, Raymond Javan and Yates, Patsy and Li, Qiuping and Komatsu, Hiroko and Lopez, Violeta and Thandar, Myat and Chacko, Selva Titus and So, Winnie Kwok Wei and Pongthavornkamol, Kanaungnit and Yi, Myungsun and Pittayapan, Pongpak and Butcon, Jessica and Wyld, David and Molassiotis, Alex and Collaborators, STEP Study author-email: raymond.chan@qut.edu.au author_list: - family: Chan given: Raymond Javan - family: Yates given: Patsy - family: Li given: Qiuping - family: Komatsu given: Hiroko - family: Lopez given: Violeta - family: Thandar given: Myat - family: Chacko given: Selva Titus - family: So given: Winnie Kwok Wei - family: Pongthavornkamol given: Kanaungnit - family: Yi given: Myungsun - family: Pittayapan given: Pongpak - family: Butcon given: Jessica - family: Wyld given: David - family: Molassiotis given: Alex - family: Collaborators given: STEP Study da: '2023-09-28' doi: 10.1186/s12885-017-3733-3 files: [] issn: 1471-2407 journal: BMC CANCER keywords: 'Cancer survivorship; Asia-Pacific region; Health professionals; Oncology practitioner; Practice patterns; Perspectives; Barriers' keywords-plus: BARRIERS language: English month: NOV 6 number-of-cited-references: '17' orcid-numbers: 'So, Winnie/0000-0001-9243-2924 Chan, Raymond J/0000-0003-0248-7046 Wyld, David K/0000-0001-9523-4333 MOLASIOTIS, Alex/0000-0002-5225-1739 Yates, Patsy/0000-0001-8946-8504 Lopez, Violeta/0000-0001-8844-0331 Molassiotis, Alex/0000-0001-6351-9991' papis_id: d00fcb675373c593acb5a5a10133b881 ref: Chan2017oncologypractitioner researcherid-numbers: 'So, Winnie/A-3994-2015 Chan, Raymond J/K-8415-2019 Wyld, David K/B-8893-2015 Lopez, Violeta/C-6899-2015 ' times-cited: '24' title: 'Oncology practitioners'' perspectives and practice patterns of post-treatment cancer survivorship care in the Asia-Pacific region: results from the STEP study' type: article unique-id: WOS:000414676500007 usage-count-last-180-days: '0' usage-count-since-2013: '15' volume: '17' web-of-science-categories: Oncology year: '2017'