Grant: Travel Awards - Institute Community Support

Fear of Cancer Recurrence (FCR) is a common concern for cancer survivors. Understanding the characteristics of survivors with the highest levels of FCR would be useful so that health care providers (HCPs) can quickly identify these survivors and refer them to an appropriate intervention. However, the majority of the research in this area has focused on Caucasian or largely Caucasian samples, resulting in a limited understanding of FCR among other ethnic groups. In a recent study, non-Caucasians were found to have a higher FCR than Caucasians. Because of this, the current study will examine the characteristics of the non-Caucasian, multi-ethnic survivors with the highest levels of FCR so that these characteristics can be shared with HCPs who can understand how to promptly identify them and arrange appropriate care. These findings will have great potential to appropriate the allocation of health care system resources. The results of this study will fill a large gap in the understanding of FCR among non-Caucasian cancer survivors. These results could also serve to identify 'risk factors' for the highest levels of FCR so that these persons can receive appropriate care. Lastly, culturally appropriate interventions could be developed for ethnic groups. Collectively, these findings have a great potential to reduce the ethnic disparities of cancer survivorship care within the culturally rich Canadian landscape.