Long-Term Risk of Hospitalization Among Five-Year Survivors of Childhood Leukemia in the Nordic Countries.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Adverse effects from childhood leukemia treatment may persist or present years after cure from cancer. We provide a comprehensive evaluation of subsequent hospitalization in five-year survivors of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), acute myeloid leukemia (AML), and chronic myeloid leukemia (CML).

Methods

In the Adult Life after Childhood Cancer in Scandinavia Study, we identified 4003 five-year survivors diagnosed with childhood leukemia 1970-2008 in Denmark, Sweden, Iceland, and Finland. Survivors and 129 828 population comparisons were followed for first-time nonpsychiatric hospitalizations for 120 disease categories in the hospital registries. Standardized hospitalization rate ratios and absolute excess rates were calculated. All statistical tests we

SUBMITTER: Sorensen GV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6748786 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature