Adult Survivors of Childhood Cancer
- DOI:
- 10.1093/med/9780199363315.003.0088
The goals of this chapter are to provide rationale for the unique health and psychosocial issues of adult survivors of childhood cancer, to describe the potential physical, neurocognitive, and psychosocial issues relevant to this population and factors that may contribute to risk and resiliency, to describe the impact of these issues on developmental outcomes, and to discuss future directions and clinical implications for healthcare providers and research.