L16-Cancer surviorship Flashcards
What is the british childhood cancer survivorship study (BCCSS) looking at?
Looking at the long term effects of the treatment for cancer on children that survived.
Also to determine risks of cancer developing in 1st degree relatives of these survivors.
What does childhood cancer increase the risk of?
pulmonary death
CVS disease
New cancers
Suicide
Why is it worth investigating risks amoungst cancer survivors?
To educate and empower survivors
To educate doctors
To inform treatment decisions
To modify follow up guidelines
What are the uses of cancer registeries in the UK?
TEOII
Trends in cancer prevelence, incidence and survival
Effectiveness of prevention/screening
Outcomes of cancer care
Impact of environmental factors on cancer
Investigations into cancer causes.
