Mortality among 5-year survivors of cancer diagnosed during childhood or adolescence in British Columbia, Canada

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 460-467

  MacArthur, Amy C ^a   Spinelli, John J ^a,b,c   Rogers, Paul C ^b   Goddard, Karen J ^a   Abanto, Zenaida U ^a   McBride, Mary L ^a,b,d  

^a BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Childhood and adolescent cancers; Late mortality; Survivorship research

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STANDARDIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MORTALITY; NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASMS, SECOND PRIMARY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REGISTRIES; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; RISK; SURVIVORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33847417526     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: 15455017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.20922     Document Type: Article

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