Follow-up of children who survive cancer

BMJ

Volumn 336, Issue 7647, 2008, Pages 732-733

  Jenney, Meriel ^a   Levitt, Gill ^b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL FOR WALES   (United Kingdom)

^b GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHRACYCLINE;

CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILDHOOD CANCER; EDITORIAL; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

CHILD; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; SURVIVORS;

EID: 41949116136     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.39490.692627.80     Document Type: Editorial

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