## Abstract ## BACKGROUND Most children diagnosed with cancer are surviving into adulthood but are not receiving adequate or appropriate followโup health care. However, to the authors' knowledge, there is little literature published to date exploring potential barriers to longโterm riskโbased foll
Improving health care for adult survivors of childhood cancer: recommendations from a delphi panel of health policy experts
โ Scribed by Ann C Mertens; Kelly L Cotter; Barbara M Foster; Brad J Zebrack; Melissa M Hudson; Debra Eshelman; Lauren Loftis; Margaret Sozio; Kevin C Oeffinger
- Book ID
- 116516212
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 89 KB
- Volume
- 69
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0168-8510
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ong-term survivors of childhood cancer represent a growing, at-risk, and vulnerable population with health care needs that are not being met through our current medical system. Childhood cancer survivors, though being "cured," often experience late effects, both physical and psychological, secondary
## Abstract The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of childhood cancer and its treatment on selfโreported healthโstatus in 10,189 adult survivors of childhood cancer in Britain. Ageโ and sexโadjusted scores on the SFโ36 Mental and Physical Component Summary scales (MCS, PCS, respec