Second cancers in survivors of childhood cancer. Review uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • More than 70% of children diagnosed with cancer can now be expected to be long-term survivors. However, the consequences of 'cure' might be considerable for the survivors of cancer: 60-70% of young adults who have survived childhood cancer will develop at least one medical disability as a result of their cancer or, more commonly, as a result of their therapy. Of these, the most devastating is a second cancer.

publication date

  • February 1, 2002

Research

keywords

  • Neoplasms
  • Neoplasms, Second Primary

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 0036488604

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1038/nrc722

PubMed ID

  • 12635175

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 2

issue

  • 2