The Children’s Oncology Group Long-Term Follow-Up Guidelines for Survivors of Childhood, Adolescent, and Young Adult Cancers
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital · University of Alabama at Birmingham · +8 more institutions
Abstract
Importance: Since 2003, the Children's Oncology Group (COG) has developed and disseminated the Long-Term Follow-Up Guidelines for Survivors of Childhood, Adolescent, and Young Adult Cancers. These guidelines have benchmarked the standard of care for long-term survivors of childhood cancer in North America and beyond. Since their inception, they have evolved in depth, scope, and contributors to maintain fidelity toward continually emerging evidence related to cancer survivorship. They are intended to inform care for individuals who survived 2 or more years from completion of childhood, adolescent, and young adult cancer-directed therapy and receiving care in either specialty or primary care environments. The…
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10Topics & keywords
- Medicine
- Survivorship curve
- Childhood cancer
- Specialty
- Family medicine
- MEDLINE
- Guideline
- Cancer
- Good health and well-being