The GEPETTO program for surveillance of long-term survivors of childhood cancer: Preliminary report from a single institution in Brazil

Medical and Pediatric Oncology

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 405-406

  Rigon, Humberto ^a   Lopes, Luiz Fernando ^a   Latorre, Maria do Rosario ^a   De Camargo, Beatriz ^a,b  

^a IM IN JK) Inst Do C   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Childhood cancer; Late effects; Surveillance of survivors

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CARDIOTOXICITY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; FEMALE; GONAD FUNCTION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEART FUNCTION; HUMAN; INFANT; LEUKEMIA; LONG TERM CARE; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NEPHROTOXICITY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROTOXICITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SOLID TUMOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NEOPLASMS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SURVIVORS;

EID: 0037410587     PISSN: 00981532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mpo.10146     Document Type: Article

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