Follow-up of childhood cancer survivors: The role of the primary care physician

Consultant

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 438-442

  Henderson, Tara ^a   Patel, Sunita ^d   Levine, Jennifer ^b,c   Oeffinger, Kevin C ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

^c Columbia Center for Survivor Wellness ^*

^d CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^f MSKCC Program for Adult Survivors of Pediatric Cancer

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Chemotherapy; Childhood cancer; Endocrinopathy; Post traumatic stress disorder; Radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ANXIETY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SURVIVOR; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CATARACT; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; FEAR; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; LEARNING DISORDER; LUNG DISEASE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; NEPHROTOXICITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OSTEOLYSIS; OSTEOPENIA; OSTEOPOROSIS; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SECOND CANCER; SHORT SURVEY; SIDE EFFECT; THYROID DISEASE;

EID: 44349121167     PISSN: 00107069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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