A worldwide collaboration to harmonize guidelines for the long-term follow-up of childhood and young adult cancer survivors: A report from the international late effects of Childhood Cancer Guideline Harmonization Group

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 543-549

  Kremer, Leontien C M ^a   Mulder, Renée L ^a   Oeffinger, Kevin C ^b   Bhatia, Smita ^c   Landier, Wendy ^c   Levitt, Gill ^d   Constine, Louis S ^e   Wallace, W Hamish ^f   Caron, Huib N ^a   Armenian, Saro H ^c   Skinner, Roderick ^g   Hudson, Melissa M ^h  

^a EMMA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

^g Infectious Diseases Allergy   (United Kingdom)

^h ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood and young adult cancer survivors; Collaboration; Guidelines; Late effects

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SURVIVOR; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CHILDHOOD CANCER; DELPHI STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; NEOPLASM; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; QUALITY OF LIFE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; SURVIVORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84873729442     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: 15455017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.24445     Document Type: Article

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