title: Children's Oncology Group's 2013 blueprint for research: survivorship and outcomes.
abstract: Improvements in the treatment of childhood cancer have resulted in over 360,000 survivors of childhood cancer in the U.S. There is now a heightened recognition of the need to reduce treatment-related sequelae and optimize the quality of life of children treated for cancer. Survivorship studies conducted in the cooperative group setting have provided us with important information on long-term intellectual function, organ toxicity, reproductive outcomes, second cancers, late mortality, and disparities in outcomes. Ongoing health education initiatives have helped standardize the follow-up care for childhood cancer survivors and facilitate the early transfer of health-related information to patients, families, and healthcare providers.
authors.affiliation: Department of Population Sciences, City of Hope, Duarte, CA 91010-3000, USA. sarmenian@coh.org
authors.forename: Saro H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Armenian
authors.forename: Wendy
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Landier
authors.forename: Melissa M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Hudson
authors.forename: Leslie L
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Robison
authors.forename: Smita
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bhatia
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality*; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D012106:Research; D015996:Survival Rate; D017741:Survivors