Patterns of physician follow-up among young cancer survivors: Report of the Childhood, Adolescent, and Young Adult Cancer Survivors (CAYACS) research program

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 57, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  McBride, Mary L ^a,b   Lorenzi, Maria F ^c,d   Page, Jacqueline ^c   Broemeling, Anne Marie ^g   Spinelli, John J ^b,c   Goddard, Karen ^a   Pritchard, Sheila ^e   Rogers, Paul ^e,f,g,h,i   Sheps, Sam ^b,j  

^a BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c Cancer Control Research Program   (Canada)

^d Childhood Adolescent Young Adult Cancer Survivor Research Program   (Canada)

^e BC CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^f Children's Cancer Study Group   (Canada)

^g BC Children's Hospital ^*

^h US National Cancer Institute   (Canada)

ⁱ CHILDREN S AND WOMEN S HEALTH CENTRE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^j Western Regional Training Centre for Health Services Research   (Canada)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVOR; CANCER THERAPY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; POPULATION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NEOPLASMS; OFFICE VISITS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SPECIALIZATION; SURVIVORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 83755173022     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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