RT Book, Section
A1 Ratan, Ravin
A1 Ater, Joann
A1 Rieber, Alyssa G.
A1 Rodriguez, Maria A.
A2 Kantarjian, Hagop M.
A2 Wolff, Robert A.
SR Print(0)
ID 1126747110
T1 Long-Term Survivorship in Adult and Pediatric Cancer
T2 The MD Anderson Manual of Medical Oncology, 3e
YR 2016
FD 2016
PB McGraw-Hill Medical
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071847940
LK hemonc.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1126747110
RD 2024/04/25
AB Over  the  last  four  decades,  substantial  improvements  in  treatment  effectiveness  for  childhood  and  adult  cancers  have  resulted  in  cure  or  increased  survival  for  these  populations.  Over  80%  of  all  patients  diagnosed  with  cancer  before  the  age  of  20  years  will  be  surviving  at  5  years.  As  a  consequence  of  both  improved  survival  rates  and  increasing  incidence  of  childhood  cancer,  the  number  of  long-term  survivors  of  childhood  cancer  in  the  United  States  is  rapidly  increasing.  An  estimated  320,000  or  more  childhood  cancer  survivors  are  living  in  the  United  States,  and  at  least  75%  of  these  survivors  are  now  adults.  Of  these,  24%  have  survived  more  than  30  years  (1,2).  These  individuals  are  living  long  enough  to  demonstrate  the  lifelong  consequences  of  the  cancer  and  treatments  (3,4).  The  numbers  of  adult  cancer  survivors  are  growing  as  well,  with  an  estimated  18  million  adult  survivors  in  the  United  States  by  2022  (Fig.  60-1).