A systematic review of models of care for the follow-up of childhood cancer survivors

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 351-356

  Heirs, Morag ^a   Suekarran, Sara ^a   Slack, Russell ^a   Light, Kate ^a   Gibson, Faith ^b   Glaser, Adam ^c   Hawkins, Mike ^d   Phillips, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c LEEDS TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer follow up; Health services evaluation; Health services research; Paediatric cancer; Survivorship; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; CANCER SURVIVOR; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CINAHL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCINFO; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT DURATION;

CHILD; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; SURVIVORS;

EID: 84872458759     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: 15455017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.24253     Document Type: Review

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