Monitoring pulmonary complications in long-term childhood cancer survivors: guidelines for the primary care physician.
Curative therapy for childhood cancers poses the risk of long-term complications, necessitating regular lifelong follow-up for survivors. The Children's Oncology Group (COG) has issued guidelines on this topic (www.survivorshipguidelines.org). This review summarizies the findings of the COG Guideline Task Force on Pulmonary Complications with respect to pulmonary toxicity.
Liles
Allen
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Department of Medicine-Pediatrics, The University of North Carolina, Women's Hospital UNC, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA. liles@med.unc.edu
Blatt
Julie
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Morris
David
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Wardrop
Richard
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Sharma
Anjali
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Sznewajs
Aimee
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Goldsby
Robert
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D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000009:adverse effects; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D010821:Physicians, Family; D011878:Radiotherapy / Q000009:adverse effects; D012307:Risk Factors; D033581:Stem Cell Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects; D017741:Survivors; D013997:Time Factors
D000970:Antineoplastic Agents