Educational outcomes among survivors of childhood cancer in British Columbia, Canada: Report of the Childhood/Adolescent/Young Adult Cancer Survivors (CAYACS) Program

Cancer

Volumn 115, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2234-2245

  Lorenzi, Maria ^b   McMillan, Amy J ^b,c   Siegel, Linda S ^c   Zumbo, Bruno D ^c   Glickman, Victor ^c   Spinelli, John J ^b,c,d   Goddard, Karen J ^b   Pritchard, Sheila L ^c   Rogers, Paul C ^c   McBride, Mary L ^a,b,c  

^a BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Childhood cancer; Educational achievement; Late effects; Special education; Survivors

Indexed keywords

METHOTREXATE;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURVIVOR; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROBLASTOMA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SPECIAL EDUCATION;

EID: 65649083789     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.24267     Document Type: Article

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