Open AccessCross-sectional study: long term follow-up care for pediatric cancer survivors in a developing country, Turkey: current status, challenges, and future perspectives
Author(s) -
Sonay İncesoy Özdemir,
Nurdan Taçyıldız,
Ali Varan,
Rejin Kebudi,
Osman Zulfikar,
Tülin Tıraje Celkan,
Gürses Şahin,
Funda Çorapçıoğlu,
Zühal Yıldırım,
Faruk Güçlü Pınarlı,
Hatice Nur Olgun,
Neriman Sarı,
Ayhan Dağdemir,
Derya Özyörük,
Tuba Eren,
Fatma Betül Çakır,
Başak Adaklı Aksoy,
Ceyhun Bozkurt,
Elif Güler,
Ali Aykan Özgüven,
Mehmet Fatih Erbey,
Melda Berber Hamamcı,
Handan Dinçaslan,
Emel Ünal,
Mehmet Kantar
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
turkish journal of medical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.277
H-Index - 27
eISSN - 1303-6165
pISSN - 1300-0144
DOI - 10.3906/sag-1911-193
Subject(s) - medicine , psychosocial , pediatric oncology , family medicine , survivorship curve , childhood cancer , pediatric cancer , cross sectional study , turkish , cancer , pediatrics , psychiatry , linguistics , philosophy , pathology
The main purpose of this study is to determine the current status of long-term follow-up (LTFU) for childhood cancer survivors and the challenges of LTFU for pediatric cancer survivors at pediatric oncology institutions in Turkey.