Follow-up Care in Childhood Cancer Survivors: Improving Services in Switzerland
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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.
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.
Date of Publication
2019
Publication Type
Article
Language(s)
en
Contributor(s)
Hendriks, Manya | |
Tomášiková, Zuzana | |
Michel, Gisela | |
von der Weid, Nicolas |
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Series
Schweizer Krebsbulletin / Bulletin suisse du cancer
Publisher
Istituto oncologico della Svizzera Italiana
ISSN
2297-0703
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open.access