Evidence-based guideline recommendations.
Cancer survivorship is expected to increase in coming years. Survivors include recipients of hematopoietic stem cell transplantations, signaling the necessity for evidence-based guidelines that focus on long-term follow-up needs. Studies have shown that evidence-based care can improve cancer survivors' quality of life and long-term outcomes. The implication is that early identification and intervention in chronic health problems such as graft-versus-host disease result in improved outcomes and a higher quality of survivorship. These discoveries signal a need to provide specific care management with appropriate and timely screening and preventive services. Recommendations for long-term follow-up post-hematopoietic stem cell transplantation are an important guide to direct clinical practice with this patient population and optimize their outcomes.
Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, AZ.
Mary C
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Burkhart
John
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Wade
Virginia
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Lesperance
D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing; D055318:Evidence-Based Nursing; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D018380:Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D011788:Quality of Life; D017741:Survivors