Follow-up care amongst long-term childhood cancer survivors: A report from the Swiss childhood cancer survivor study

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 221-229

  Rebholz, Cornelia E ^a   Von Der Weid, Nicolas X ^b   Michel, Gisela ^a   Niggli, Felix K ^c   Kuehni, Claudia E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Childhood cancer; Cohort study; Follow up care; Questionnaire; Survivors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RELAPSE; CANCER SURVIVOR; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CONSULTATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PEDIATRICIAN; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SWITZERLAND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SEX FACTORS; SURVIVORS; SWITZERLAND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650682557     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2010.09.017     Document Type: Article

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