Shared care by paediatric oncologists and family doctors for long-term follow-up of adult childhood cancer survivors: a pilot study

The Lancet Oncology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 232-238

  Blaauwbroek, Ria ^a   Tuinier, Wemke ^a   Meyboom de Jong, Betty ^a   Kamps, Willem A ^a   Postma, Aleida ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVOR; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY MEDICINE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTIOCYTOSIS; HUMAN; INFANT; LANGERHANS CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NETHERLANDS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PEDIATRICIAN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PILOT STUDY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; GENERAL PRACTICE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; ONCOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURVIVOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NETHERLANDS; PILOT PROJECTS; SURVIVORS;

EID: 40749136307     PISSN: 14702045     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1470-2045(08)70034-2     Document Type: Article

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