Clinical ascertainment of health outcomes among adults treated for childhood cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Adult survivors of childhood cancer are known to be at risk for treatment-related adverse health outcomes. A large population of survivors has not been evaluated using a comprehensive systematic clinical assessment to determine the prevalence of chronic health conditions.

Objective

To determine the prevalence of adverse health outcomes and the proportion associated with treatment-related exposures in a large cohort of adult survivors of childhood cancer.

Design, setting, and participants

Presence of health outcomes was ascertained using systematic exposure-based medical assessments among 1713 adult (median age, 32 [range, 18-60] years) survivors of childhood cancer (median time from diagnosis, 25 [range, 10-47] years) enrolled in the St Jude Lifetime Cohort

SUBMITTER: Hudson MM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3771083 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature