Rare Subsequent Primary Cancers in Pediatric Cancer Survivors
Mertens AC, Langer T (2022)
Publication Type: Book chapter / Article in edited volumes
Publication year: 2022
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Edited Volumes: Rare Tumors in Children and Adolescents
Series: Pediatric Oncology
Pages Range: 601-609
ISBN: 978-3-030-92071-5
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-92071-5_47
Abstract
Advances in cancer therapy during the past four decades have resulted in remarkable increases in survival for most cancers of childhood and adolescence. Data from the National Cancer Institute’s Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Program show that the overall 5-year survival rate for childhood cancer has increased from 45% in 1970 to over 80% in 2005 (Ries et al., Cancer incidence and survival among children and adolescents: United States SEER Program 1975–1995, National Cancer Institute, SEER Program. NIH Publication No. 99-4649, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, 1999). It is estimated that 1 in every 640 young adults is now a survivor of childhood cancer and that at least 328,000 persons in the USA alone have survived cancer diagnosed before the age of 20 years (Mariotto and Rowland, Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 18:1033–1040, 2009). Because of the relatively young age of these survivors, and their potential longevity, the delayed consequences of therapy may have a significant impact on their lives, and on society at large, over an extended period of time.
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APA:
Mertens, A.C., & Langer, T. (2022). Rare Subsequent Primary Cancers in Pediatric Cancer Survivors. In Dominik T. Schneider, Ines B. Brecht, Thomas A. Olson, Andrea Ferrari (Eds.), Rare Tumors in Children and Adolescents. (pp. 601-609). Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH.
MLA:
Mertens, Ann C., and Thorsten Langer. "Rare Subsequent Primary Cancers in Pediatric Cancer Survivors." Rare Tumors in Children and Adolescents. Ed. Dominik T. Schneider, Ines B. Brecht, Thomas A. Olson, Andrea Ferrari, Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2022. 601-609.
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