Survey of childhood cancer survivors who stopped follow-up physician visits

Pediatrics International

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 806-812

  Maeda, Naoko ^a   Horibe, Keizo ^a   Kato, Koji ^b   Kojima, Seiji ^c   Tsurusawa, Masahito ^d  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION NAGOYA MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^b JAPANESE RED CROSS NAGOYA FIRST HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d AICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

childhood cancer; clinic attendance; late effects; long term follow up; survivors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVOR; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CONSULTATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; CHILD; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEOPLASMS; OFFICE VISITS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVORS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957330738     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: 1442200X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.2010.03158.x     Document Type: Article

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