Childhood Cancer Survivorship Improving Care and Quality of Life (2003) / Chapter Skim
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1. Introduction
1. Introduction
Pages 15-19
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Models of health care delivery, surveillance, and research are beginning to take shape, but to date there has been no systematic review of the policy implications of this relatively new era of childhood cancer survivorship.
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; however, unique features of pediatric treatment and health care delivery systems led to the decision to publish separate reports on childhood and adult cancer survivorship. The Board report Improving Palliative Care for Cancer (Institute of Medicine, 2001)
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Meadows, MD, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, provided an overview of childhood cancer survival; · Daniel Green, MD, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, discussed late effects of treatment for childhood cancer; · Raymond Mu~hern, PhD, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, described neurocognitive late effects in pediatric cancer; · Leslie Robison, PhD, University of Minnesota Cancer Center, described epidemiologic and research issues; · Sharon Murphy, MD, Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago, reviewed clinical trial issues in survivorship research; · Lonnie Zeltzer, MD, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA discussed psychosocial and behavioral outcomes in childhood cancer; and · Julia Rowland, PhD, Director of the National Cancer Institute Office of Cancer Survivorship discussed federal research initiatives in childhood survivorship.
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, the co-author of Childhood Cancer Survivors: A Practical Guide to Your Future (Keene et al., 2000~. Concerns related to cancer survivorship of consumers, health care providers, administrators, and others were also identified through a twopage inquiry placed in magazines and journals with a wide circulation (i.e., In Touch and Oncology News International, both published by PRR, Inc.~.
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Chapter 8 surveys ongoing clinical and health services research aimed at improving care and outlines research strategies to prevent and ameliorate the consequences of late effects of childhood cancer. Chapter 9 summarizes key findings and presents the Board's recommendations for action by Congress, health care purchasers, health plans, health care providers, individual consumers, and health services researcher.
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