Guidelines for Identification of, Advocacy for, and Intervention in Neurocognitive Problems in Survivors of Childhood Cancer: A Report From the Children's Oncology Group

Paul C Nathan; Sunita K Patel; Kimberley Dilley; Robert Goldsby; Jeanne Harvey; Chad Jacobsen; Nina Kadan-Lottick; Karen McKinley; Anne K Millham; Ida Moore; M Faith Okcu; Catherine L Woodman; Pim Brouwers; F Daniel Armstrong; Children's Oncology Group Long-term Follow-up Guidelines Task Force on Neurocognitive/Behavioral Complications After Childhood Cancer

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Guidelines for Identification of, Advocacy for, and Intervention in Neurocognitive Problems in Survivors of Childhood Cancer: A Report From the Children's Oncology Group

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Guidelines for Identification of, Advocacy for, and Intervention in Neurocognitive Problems in Survivors of Childhood Cancer: A Report From the Children's Oncology Group

Paul C Nathan, Sunita K Patel, Kimberley Dilley, Robert Goldsby, Jeanne Harvey, Chad Jacobsen, Nina Kadan-Lottick, Karen McKinley, Anne K Millham, Ida Moore, …

Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine, Vol.161(8), pp.798-806

08/01/2007

DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.161.8.798

PMID: 17679663

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Abstract

With modern therapies and supportive care, survival of childhood cancer has increased considerably. Patients who have survived cancers involving the central nervous system or who have received therapy toxic to the developing brain are at risk of long-term neurocognitive sequelae. Negative outcomes are observed most frequently in survivors of acute lymphoblastic leukemia and brain tumors. The Children's Oncology Group Long-term Follow-up Guidelines Task Force on Neurocognitive/Behavioral Complications After Childhood Cancer has generated risk-based, exposure-related guidelines designed to direct the follow-up care of survivors of pediatric malignancies based on a comprehensive literature review and expert opinion. This article expands on these guidelines by reviewing the risk factors for the development of neurocognitive sequelae and describing the expected pattern of these disabilities. We herein present recommendations for the screening and management of neurocognitive late effects and outline important areas of school and legal advocacy for survivors with disabilities. Finally, we list resources that can guide patients, their parents, and their medical caregivers as they face the long-term neurocognitive consequences of cancer therapy.

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Title: Subtitle: Guidelines for Identification of, Advocacy for, and Intervention in Neurocognitive Problems in Survivors of Childhood Cancer: A Report From the Children's Oncology Group
Creators: Paul C Nathan
Sunita K Patel
Kimberley Dilley
Robert Goldsby
Jeanne Harvey
Chad Jacobsen
Nina Kadan-Lottick
Karen McKinley
Anne K Millham
Ida Moore
M Faith Okcu
Catherine L Woodman - University of Iowa, Psychiatry
Pim Brouwers
F Daniel Armstrong
Children's Oncology Group Long-term Follow-up Guidelines Task Force on Neurocognitive/Behavioral Complications After Childhood Cancer (Institution)
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine, Vol.161(8), pp.798-806
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.161.8.798
PMID: 17679663
NLM abbreviation: Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med
ISSN: 1072-4710
eISSN: 1538-3628
Publisher: American Medical Association
Language: English
Date published: 08/01/2007
Academic Unit: Psychiatry; Family and Community Medicine
Record Identifier: 9984003483402771

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