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. 2001 Aug 4;323(7307):271-4.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7307.271.

Developing strategies for long term follow up of survivors of childhood cancer

W H Wallace  1 , A Blacklay, C Eiser, H Davies, M Hawkins, G A Levitt, M E Jenney; Late Effects Committee of the United Kingdom Children's Cancer Study Group (UKCCSG)
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Developing strategies for long term follow up of survivors of childhood cancer

W H Wallace et al. BMJ. .
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This patient had surgery and abdominal radiotherapy for Wilms' tumour when he was 2½ years old. He developed a second primary tumour (malignant melanoma) within the radiation field in his early 20s
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