scholarly journals A narrative review of the late effects of paediatric cancer treatment within an educational setting: Existing evidence and where do we go from here?

2021 ◽  
pp. 174239532110431
Author(s):  
Jessica Iyamu ◽  
Jessica C Hodgson ◽  
Rachael Sharpe

Objectives The late effects of paediatric cancer treatment within an educational context are an area that is relatively under researched within the United Kingdom. Methods To support this narrative review, systematic searches were conducted in key scientific databases between May and December 2020. Results Upon reviewing literature within this field, there are key considerations that should be addressed to provide clear and concise findings. These key considerations include clarification on whether the research undertaken focuses on the late or long term effects of paediatric cancer treatment, taking a consistent approach to data analysis with the aim to improve the validity of the study findings, utilising a mixed methodology to gain further depth to the findings as well as increasing the number of studies that focus on a specific tumour type rather than numerous types to allow a detailed study to be undertaken into the potential late effects a treatment for a specific tumour may elicit. Discussion If these key considerations are taken into account when conducting further research within this field, it would enable consistent findings to be utilised in providing the optimum educational provision for survivors of paediatric cancer who remain within the education system.

Author(s):  
van den Berg MH ◽  
Overbeek A ◽  
Lambalk CB ◽  
Kaspers GJL ◽  
Bresters D ◽  
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2011 ◽  
Vol 29 (14) ◽  
pp. 1885-1892 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea K. Ng ◽  
Ann LaCasce ◽  
Lois B. Travis

As a result of therapeutic advances, there is a growing population of survivors of both Hodgkin's lymphoma (HL) and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL). A thorough understanding of the late effects of cancer and its treatment, including the risk of developing a second malignancy and non-neoplastic complications, most notably cardiac disease, is essential for the proper long-term follow-up care of these patients. For HL survivors cured in the past 5 decades, a large body of literature describes a range of long-term effects, many of which are related to extent of treatment. These studies form the basis for many of the follow-up recommendations developed for HL survivors. As HL therapy continues to evolve, however, with an emphasis toward treatment reduction, in particular for early-stage disease, it will be important to rigorously observe this new generation of patients long term to document and quantify late effects associated with modern treatments. Although data on late effects after NHL therapy have recently emerged, the formulation of structured follow-up plans for this heterogeneous group of survivors is challenging, given the highly variable natural history, treatments, and overall prognosis. However, the chemotherapy and radiation therapy approaches for some types of NHL are similar to that for HL; thus, some of the follow-up guidelines for patients with HL may also be transferrable to selected survivors of NHL. Additional work focused on treatment-related complications after NHL will facilitate the development of follow-up programs, as well as treatment refinements to minimize late effects in patients with various types of NHL.


2017 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. 205435811769033 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kelly R. McMahon ◽  
Shahrad Rod Rassekh ◽  
Kirk R. Schultz ◽  
Maury Pinsk ◽  
Tom Blydt-Hansen ◽  
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2013 ◽  
Vol 31 (15_suppl) ◽  
pp. e20567-e20567
Author(s):  
Rutika Mehta ◽  
Rohit Jain ◽  
Lori Rhodes ◽  
Joseph Abraham ◽  
Kenneth David Miller

e20567 Background: Long-term cancer survivors require comprehensive care. The purpose of this study was to describe how survivorship care fits into oncologists’ clinical time, and characterize long-term cancer survivors’ problems and oncology follow-up care. Methods: We abstracted 18,882 medical records of unique cancer patient visits during 2010 at a major NCI-designated cancer center and then evaluated survivor care for one week in April, 2010 to characterize how oncologists spend their clinical time. Finally, we selected three subgroups from the survivor population (n≈100 each) of survivors at 1-5 years, 6-10 years, and >10 years after diagnosis. We collected demographic data, purpose of visit, cancer-specific information, late and long-term effects, and type of care delivered, including surveillance for recurrence, intervention, prevention, and coordination of care. Results: In the larger group of 18,882, only 14% of survivors were more than 10 years post-diagnosis. Approximately two-thirds of the survivors were women. Breast cancer survivors comprised 38%, and survivors of hematologic malignancies accounted for 21% of the population. During the one week studied, the majority of oncologists' patients (74%) were actively receiving treatment; only 5% of their patients were 5 or more years post-diagnosis. Second or secondary malignancies were noted in 8% of patients. Late and long-term effects were uncommon. Approximately 25% of survivors beyond five years were observed to have late effects due to cancer treatment, most common being fatigue, neurological endocrine, and cardiac. Of the 300 selected survivors, sixty-two percent received only surveillance care during their visit. Only 3% of these patients received an entire array of survivorship care that included surveillance, intervention, co-ordination and prevention. Conclusions: A small proportion of oncologists’ visits were with long-term cancer survivors (5-14%) of whom only 25% had late or long-term effects of cancer treatment so overall very few of office visits were with long-term survivors who had late and long-term complications. All visits involved surveillance for cancer recurrence but there was little focus on prevention, intervention, and coordination of care for cancer survivors.


2022 ◽  
Vol 100 (S267) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yingjia Yang ◽  
Matthew Shah ◽  
Hannaa Bobat ◽  
Anastasios Sepetis ◽  
Peter Shah ◽  
...  

2012 ◽  
Vol 327 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 134-141 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Vera-Ramirez ◽  
MCarmen Ramirez-Tortosa ◽  
Patricia Perez-Lopez ◽  
Sergio Granados-Principal ◽  
Maurizio Battino ◽  
...  

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. e98-e109 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eden R. Brauer ◽  
Elisa F. Long ◽  
Joy Melnikow ◽  
Peter M. Ravdin ◽  
Patricia A. Ganz

PURPOSE: According to the Institute of Medicine, high-quality cancer care should include effective communication between clinicians and patients about the risks and benefits, expected response, and impact on quality of life of a recommended therapy. In the delivery of oncology care, the barriers to and facilitators of communication about potential long-term and late effects, post-treatment expectations, and transition to survivorship care have not been fully defined. PATIENTS AND METHODS: We collected qualitative data through semistructured interviews with medical oncologists and focus groups with breast cancer survivors and applied the Theoretical Domains Framework to systematically analyze and identify the factors that may influence oncologists’ communication with patients with breast cancer about the long-term and late effects of adjuvant therapy. RESULTS: Eight key informant interviews with medical oncologists and two focus groups with breast cancer survivors provided data. Both oncologists and patients perceived information on long-term effects as valuable in terms of improved clinical communication but had concerns about the feasibility of inclusion before treatment. They described the current approaches to communication of therapy risks as a brief laundry list that emphasized acute adverse effects and minimized more long-term issues. We describe the barriers to communication about potential long-term effects from the perspectives of both groups. CONCLUSION: This study provides insight into oncologists’ communication with patients with breast cancer regarding the potential long-term and late effects of adjuvant chemotherapy and about setting realistic expectations for life after treatment. Opportunities to improve oncologists’ communication about the potential toxicities of therapy, particularly regarding long-term and late effects, should be examined further.


1993 ◽  
Vol 29 (6) ◽  
pp. 826-830 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles L.M. Olweny ◽  
Christopher A. Juttner ◽  
Peter Rofe ◽  
Graham Barrow ◽  
Adrian Esterman ◽  
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