Long-term excess mortality and morbidity following treatment of childhood cancer

Authors	M.C. Ubbink
Supervisors	H.N. Caron F.E. van Leeuwen
Cosupervisors	P.J.M. Bakker L.C.M. Kremer
Award date	25-09-2009
ISBN	9789090244495
Number of pages	135
Organisations	Faculty of Medicine (AMC-UvA)
Abstract	The studies reported in this thesis show that childhood cancer survivors are at increased risk to develop several long-term adverse effects of treatment. As a consequence they already have a high burden of disease at relative young adult ages. Life-long regular follow-up is necessary to take appropriate care of childhood cancer survivors. More research is necessary to develop evidence-based guidelines for follow-up of the population of childhood cancer survivors and to develop treatment recommendations for future children diagnosed with cancer.
Document type	PhD thesis
Language	English
Downloads	Thesis Cover Title pages Contents Chapter 1: General introduction Chapter 2: Medical assessment of adverse health outcomes in long-term survivors of childhood cancer Chapter 3: Risk of second malignancies in long-term survivors of childhood cancer Chapter 4: Long-term cause-specific mortality among five-year survivors of childhood cancer Chapter 5: Hypertension in long-term survivors of childhood cancer : a nested case-control study Chapter 6: General discussion Summary Samenvatting Dankwoord Curriculum vitae
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