Can intensity of long-term follow-up for survivors of childhood and teenage cancer be determined by therapy-based risk stratification?

ABSTRACT: To determine the feasibility of therapy-based, risk-stratified follow-up guidelines for childhood and teenage cancer survivors by evaluating adverse health outcomes in a survivor cohort retrospectively assigned a risk category. Retrospective cohort study. Tertiary level, single centre, paediatric cancer unit in South East Scotland. All children and teenagers diagnosed with cancer (<19 years) between 1 January 1971 and 31 July 2004, who were alive more than 5 years from diagnosis formed the study cohort. Each survivor was retrospectively assigned a level of follow-up, based on their predicted risk of developing treatment-related late effects (LEs; levels 1, 2 and 3 for low, medium and high risk, respectively). Adverse health outcomes were determined from review of medical records and postal

SUBMITTER: Edgar AB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3733304 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature