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Long-Term Cause-Specific Mortality Among Survivors of Childhood Cancer
Long-Term Mortality in Childhood Cancer Survivors
RC Reulen, DL Winter, C Frobisher, ER Lancashire, CA Stiller, ME Jenney, R Skinner, MC Stevens, MM Hawkins, for the British Childhood Cancer Survivor Study Steering Group
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2010 Jul 14
JAMA
Long-Term Cause-Specific Mortality Among Survivors of Childhood Cancer
JAMA. 2010 Jul 14;304(2):172-179, RC Reulen, DL Winter, C Frobisher, ER Lancashire, CA Stiller, ME Jenney, R Skinner, MC Stevens, MM Hawkins, for the British Childhood Cancer Survivor Study Steering Group
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OncologySTAT Editorial Team
Survivors of childhood cancer beyond 5 years have an elevated risk of death from second primary cancers and non−cancer-related disease for up to 20 years. To determine the long-term risks of cause-specific mortality in patients even after 25 years from initial cancer diagnosis, investigators examined a large-scale population-based cohort for effects of childhood cancer and treatment. The researchers used data from the British Childhood Cancer Survivor Study, a population-based cohort of 17,981 5-year...
