Shared care of adult survivors of childhood cancers

The Lancet Oncology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 191-193

  Oeffinger, Kevin C ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVOR; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CONSULTATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FOLLOW UP; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; LETTER; LIFESTYLE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCREENING TEST; ADULT; GENERAL PRACTICE; NEOPLASM; NOTE; ONCOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS; SURVIVOR;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; FAMILY PRACTICE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURVIVORS;

EID: 40749157964     PISSN: 14702045     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1470-2045(08)70044-5     Document Type: Letter

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