Late Effects of Treatment for Childhood Cancer (PDQ®): Health Professional Version

Excerpt

This PDQ cancer information summary for health professionals provides comprehensive, peer-reviewed, evidence-based information about the late effects of treatment for childhood cancer. It is intended as a resource to inform and assist clinicians in the care of their patients. It does not provide formal guidelines or recommendations for making health care decisions.

This summary is reviewed regularly and updated as necessary by the PDQ Pediatric Treatment Editorial Board, which is editorially independent of the National Cancer Institute (NCI). The summary reflects an independent review of the literature and does not represent a policy statement of NCI or the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Keywords: childhood cancer late effects; late effects childhood cancer survivors; late effects childhood cancer treatment; late effects childhood cancers; long-term effects secondary to cancer therapy in children.