Childhood, adolescent, and young adult cancer survivors research program of British Columbia: Objectives, study design, and cohort characteristics

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 324-330

  McBride, Mary L ^a,b,d   Rogers, Paul C ^b   Sheps, Sam B ^b   Glickman, Victor ^b   Broemeling, Anne Marie ^c   Goddard, Karen ^d   Hu, Joan ^e   Lorenzi, Maria ^a   Peacock, Stuart ^a,b,d   Pritchard, Sheila ^b   Rassekh, Shahrad Rod ^b   Siegel, Linda ^b   Spinelli, John J ^a,b   Teckle, Paulos ^a   Xie, Lijing ^a  

^a BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c Interior Health Authority   (Canada)

^d BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

^e SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adolescent cancer; Childhood cancer; Educational outcomes; Health services; Late effects; Survivors; Young adult cancer

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURVIVOR; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFANT; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; STUDY DESIGN;

ADOLESCENT; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; NEOPLASMS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POPULATION GROUPS; REGISTRIES; RESEARCH DESIGN; SURVIVORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955106258     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: 15455017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.22476     Document Type: Article

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