Second cancers in survivors of childhood cancer
- 1 February 2002
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Springer Nature in Nature Reviews Cancer
- Vol. 2 (2) , 124-132
- https://doi.org/10.1038/nrc722
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.Keywords
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