The views of European clinicians on guidelines for long-term follow-up of childhood cancer survivors

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 322-328

  Brown, Morven C ^a   Levitt, Gillian A ^b   Frey, Eva ^c   Bárdi, Edit ^d   Haupt, Riccardo ^e   Hjorth, Lars ^f   Kremer, Leontien ^g   Kuehni, Claudia E ^h   Lettner, Christina ^c   Mulder, Renée L ^g   Michel, Gisela ^h,i   Skinner, Roderick ^a,j  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ST ANNA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Austria)

^d SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^e G GASLINI INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^f LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^g ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^h UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF LUCERNE   (Switzerland)

^j Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

Adolescent; Adverse effects; Child; Neoplasms; Practice guideline; Survivors

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVOR; CHILD CARE; CHILDHOOD CANCER; EUROPEAN; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; LONG TERM CARE; LONG TERM FOLLOW UP; MULTICENTER STUDY; NETHERLANDS; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWEDEN; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; CHILD; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; MEDICAL STAFF; NEOPLASMS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EUROPE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; MEDICAL STAFF; NEOPLASMS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84927557117     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: 15455017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.25310     Document Type: Article

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