Late effects in adult survivors of childhood cancer: The need for life-long follow-up

Annals of Oncology

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1898-1902

  Blaauwbroek, R ^a   Groenier, K H ^a   Kamps, W A ^a   Meyboom de Jong, B ^a   Postma, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Childhood cancer survivors; Grading of late effects; HRQoL; Long term follow up

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE TUMOR; CANCER SURVIVOR; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH STATUS; HISTIOCYTOSIS X; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPHROBLASTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEOPLASMS; NETHERLANDS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROBABILITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURVIVORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 36249001737     PISSN: 09237534     EISSN: 15698041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdm336     Document Type: Article

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