| Description |
1 online resource (1 PDF file (xxii, 504 pages)) : illustrations. |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Consensus study report of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, Medicine
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Consensus study report.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Summary |
Since the late 1960s, the survival rate in children and adolescents diagnosed with cancer has steadily improved, with a corresponding decline in the cancer-specific death rate. Although the improvements in survival are encouraging, they have come at the cost of acute, chronic, and late adverse effects precipitated by the toxicities associated with the individual or combined use of different types of treatment (e.g., surgery, radiation, chemotherapy). In some cases, the impairments resulting from cancer and its treatment are severe enough to qualify a child for U.S. Social Security Administration disability benefits. At the request of Social Security Administration, Childhood Cancer and Functional Impacts Across the Care Continuum provides current information and findings and conclusions regarding the diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis of selected childhood cancers, including different types of malignant solid tumors, and the effect of those cancers on children's health and functional capacity, including the relative levels of functional limitation typically associated with the cancers and their treatment. This report also provides a summary of selected treatments currently being studied in clinical trials and identifies any limitations on the availability of these treatments, such as whether treatments are available only in certain geographic areas. |
| Funding |
This activity was supported by Contract/Task Order No. 28321318D00060015/00003 between the National Academy of Sciences and the U.S. Social Security Administration. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication do not necessarily reflect the views of any organization or agency that provided support for the project. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Cancer in children.
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Cancer in children. |
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Children -- Health and hygiene.
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Children -- Health and hygiene. |
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Medical care -- Quality.
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Medical care. |
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Continuum of care.
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Continuum of care. |
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Health services accessibility.
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Children.
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Children. |
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United States. |
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Health services accessibility. |
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children (people by age group) |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Subject |
Children. |
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Medical care. |
| Added Author |
Volberding, Paul, editor.
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Spicer, Carol Mason, editor.
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Cartaxo, Tom, editor.
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Denning, Laura Aiuppa, editor.
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National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (U.S.). Committee on Childhood Cancers and Disability.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Childhood Cancer and Functional Impacts Across the Care Continuum Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press,c2021 9780309683494 |
| ISBN |
9780309683494 |
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0309683491 |
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9780309683500 |
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0309683505 |
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9780309683524 (electronic book) |
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0309683521 (electronic book) |
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