Reduction in Late Mortality among 5-Year Survivors of Childhood Cancer
Author(s) -
Gregory T. Armstrong,
Yan Chen,
Yutaka Yasui,
Wendy M. Leisenring,
Todd M. Gibson,
Ann C. Mertens,
Marilyn Stovall,
Kevin C. Oeffinger,
Smita Bhatia,
Kevin R. Krull,
Paul C. Nathan,
Joseph P. Neglia,
Daniel M. Green,
Melissa M. Hudson,
Leslie L. Robison
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
new england journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 19.889
H-Index - 1030
eISSN - 1533-4406
pISSN - 0028-4793
DOI - 10.1056/nejmoa1510795
Subject(s) - medicine , cancer , incidence (geometry) , late effect , confidence interval , lung cancer , cause of death , cohort , disease , pediatrics , cohort study , childhood cancer , mortality rate , demography , physics , sociology , optics
Among patients in whom childhood cancer was diagnosed in the 1970s and 1980s, 18% of those who survived for 5 years died within the subsequent 25 years. In recent decades, cancer treatments have been modified with the goal of reducing life-threatening late effects.
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