Childhood Cancer Survivorship : Improving Care and Quality of Life

by Institute of Medicine , National Cancer Policy Board , National Research Council

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Format Paperback / Softback

ISBN-10 0309088984

ISBN-13 9780309088985

Publisher National Academies Press

Imprint National Academies Press

Country of Manufacture US

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Oct 15th, 2003

Print length 224 Pages

Product Classification: Health systems & services

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The childhood cancer survivors who experience late effects as a result of their disease, its treatment, or both, are the focus of this report. It outlines a policy agenda that links improved health care delivery and follow-up, investments in education and training for health care providers, and research to improve the long-term outlook.

Only more recently has it been realized that the intense effort to care for and cure a child with cancer does not end with survival. Continued surveillance and a variety of interventions may, in many cases, be needed to identify and care for consequences of treatment that can appear early or only after several decades and impair survivors' health and quality of life.

The more than two-thirds of childhood cancer survivors who experience late effects—that is, complications, disabilities, or adverse outcomes—as a result of their disease, its treatment, or both, are the focus of this report which outlines a comprehensive policy agenda that links improved health care delivery and follow-up, investments in education and training for health care providers, and expanded research to improve the long-term outlook for this growing population now exceeding 270,000 Americans.

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