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Childhood Cancer Survivors Not Getting Recommended Screening in Primary Care
Childhood Cancer Survivors Not Getting Recommended Screening in Primary Care
D McNamara
20090509
2009 Jun 9
Elsevier Global Medical News
Childhood Cancer Survivors Not Getting Recommended Screening in Primary Care
Elsevier Global Medical News. 2009 Jun 9, D McNamara
ORLANDO (EGMN) - Fewer than half of childhood cancer survivors who are deemed to be at high risk of secondary breast, colon, and skin malignancies follow cancer-screening and surveillance recommendations as adults, according to a new analysis of the large, longitudinal Childhood Cancer Survivors Study.High-risk survivors were the least compliant with colonoscopy recommendations: Only 11.5% of 794 survivors who were considered vulnerable for colorectal cancer had a colonoscopy during the 5 years before...