An investigation of 749 deaths occurring among 4082 patients surviving at least five years
after the diagnosis of childhood cancer in Britain before 1971 has been undertaken. Of the …

Investigations of long term survival and evidence concerning cure among children surviving
at least three years after most of the more common childhood cancers treated in Britain …

PURPOSE To determine the frequency and patterns of late mortality among long-term
survivors of childhood cancer. MATERIALS AND METHODS Medical records of patients who …

One in 650 children will develop cancer by the age of 15 years, of whom 50-60% will be
cured. Early recognition and appropriate management of the long-term sequelae of their …

To evaluate the further survival, and to identify disease and treatment factors which influence
the further survival, of five‐year survivors of cancer diagnosed during childhood or …

Survival from cancer of children whose cancer was diagnosed during the 30 years 1954-83
was analysed. The study was population based with nearly 3000 cases covering about 30 …

Present health status, complications, and development of long-term survivors of childhood
cancer followed for more than 20 years in a single institution were reviewed. The …

A follow-up study was made of two independent series of 1,807 and 425 children who were
alive five years after diagnosis of a malignant neoplasm. Over the subsequent 20 years (5 to …

Survival rates were analysed for a population-based series of over 15,000 childhood
cancers registered in Great Britain during 1971-85. There were highly significant …

Discussion and argument continue about where patients with cancer should be treated and
the place of standardised protocols and clinical trials. 1-4 General conclusions are hard to …