title: Monitoring pulmonary complications in long-term childhood cancer survivors: guidelines for the primary care physician.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine-Pediatrics, The University of North Carolina, Women's Hospital UNC, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA. liles@med.unc.edu
authors.forename: Allen
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Liles
authors.forename: Julie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Blatt
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Morris
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Wardrop
authors.forename: Anjali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.forename: Aimee
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sznewajs
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Goldsby
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents