A systematic review of studies on psychosocial late effects of childhood cancer: Structures of society and methodological pitfalls may challenge the conclusions

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 532-543

  Lund, Lasse Wegener ^a,b   Schmiegelow, Kjeld ^b   Rechnitzer, Catherine ^b   Johansen, Christoffer ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Denmark)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Childhood cancer; Late effects; Methodological difficulties; Psychosocial; Review; Socioeconomic

Indexed keywords

METHOTREXATE;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; BONE TUMOR; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CHILDHOOD CANCER; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; KIDNEY TUMOR; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETINOBLASTOMA; SELF ESTEEM; SKULL IRRADIATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; CHILD; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL DISORDERS; NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVORS;

EID: 79551636092     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: 15455017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.22883     Document Type: Article

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