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Looking back to inform the future: Lesson learned from survivors of childhood cancer
Author(s) -
Armenian Saro H.,
Bhatia Smita
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/cncr.29703
Subject(s) - medicine , retinoblastoma , childhood cancer , term (time) , cancer , survivorship curve , cancer survival , pediatrics , intensive care medicine , gerontology , biochemistry , chemistry , physics , quantum mechanics , gene
Long‐term survival is an expected outcome for children diagnosed with retinoblastoma and low‐grade astroglial tumors. Studies examining health‐related outcomes in long‐term survivors of these malignancies can help inform the next‐generation therapeutic studies aimed at decreasing long‐term morbidity without compromising survival.