Extended follow-up of long-term survivors of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 349, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 640-649

  Pui, Ching Hon ^a,c   Cheng, Cheng ^a   Leung, Wing ^a,c   Rai, Shesh N ^a   Rivera, Gaston K ^a,c   Sandlund, John T ^a,c   Ribeiro, Raul C ^a,c   Relling, Mary V ^b,c,d   Kun, Larry E ^a,c   Evans, William E ^b,c,d   Hudson, Melissa M ^a,c  

^a ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Dept of Pharmaceutical Sciences ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER REGRESSION; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SECOND CANCER; SOCIOECONOMICS; SURVIVAL RATE; UNEMPLOYMENT; ACUTE LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK; STATISTICS; SURVIVOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INSURANCE, HEALTH; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE, L1; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; NEOPLASMS, SECOND PRIMARY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVORS;

EID: 0041623001     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa035091     Document Type: Article

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