title: Childhood leukaemia: the medical cost of cure.
abstract: More than 1 in every 1,500 individuals in the UK between 16 and 44 years of age has survived childhood cancer. This article describes the medical cost of cure in survivors of acute leukaemia, the most common form of childhood cancer.
authors.affiliation: Haematology/Oncology Unit, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mardlin
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Chessells
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000359:Aftercare; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D017281:Cost of Illness; D002658:Developmental Disabilities / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006130:Growth Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007951:Leukemia, Myeloid / Q000150:complications / Q000191:economics / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D016609:Neoplasms, Second Primary / Q000209:etiology; D054198:Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / Q000150:complications / Q000191:economics / Q000628:therapy*; D017741:Survivors; D014916:Whole-Body Irradiation / Q000009:adverse effects
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents