Hendriks, Manya; Belle, Fabiën; Tomášiková, Zuzana; Kuehni, Claudia; Michel, Gisela; von der Weid, Nicolas (2019). Follow-up Care in Childhood Cancer Survivors: Improving Services in Switzerland. Schweizer Krebsbulletin / Bulletin suisse du cancer, 39(3), pp. 216-218. Istituto oncologico della Svizzera Italiana
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The survival rate of children and adolescents diagnosed
with cancer has markedly improved in the last decades
and now exceeds 85% in Switzerland [1]. This results in
about 5700 childhood cancer survivors living in Switzerland,
who have been diagnosed before age 14 years [2].
Most childhood cancer patients are cured from cancer and
have decades of life ahead of them. Therefore, effective
strategies to promote long-term health and quality of life
are important. In this paper, we will briefly present major
late effects experienced by childhood cancer survivors,
and describe ongoing initiatives in the field of childhood
cancer survivorship and long-term follow-up care (LTFU)
in Switzerland.
Item Type: |
Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
04 Faculty of Medicine > Pre-clinic Human Medicine > Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (ISPM) |
UniBE Contributor: |
Belle, Fabien Naomi, Kühni, Claudia |
Subjects: |
600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health 300 Social sciences, sociology & anthropology > 360 Social problems & social services |
ISSN: |
2297-0703 |
Publisher: |
Istituto oncologico della Svizzera Italiana |
Funders: |
[4] Swiss National Science Foundation |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Beatrice Minder Wyssmann |
Date Deposited: |
20 Nov 2019 12:39 |
Last Modified: |
05 Dec 2022 15:32 |
Additional Information: |
Hendriks and Belle contributed equally to this work |
BORIS DOI: |
10.7892/boris.135360 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/135360 |
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