European recommendations for short-term surveillance of health problems in childhood, adolescent and young adult cancer survivors from the end of treatment to 5 years after diagnosis: a PanCare guideline
PanCare / European survivorship guideline group · 2023 · Europe
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- Authors
- Ismay A. E. de Beijer, Roderick Skinner, Riccardo Haupt et al.
- Title
- European recommendations for short-term surveillance of health problems in childhood, adolescent and young adult cancer survivors from the end of treatment to 5 years after diagnosis: a PanCare guideline
- Journal
- Journal of Cancer Survivorship, 2023
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- CC BY 4.0
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- Verbatim excerpts; formatting adapted
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Abstract
Purpose: Childhood, adolescent and young adult (CAYA) cancer survivors require ongoing surveillance for health problems from the end of cancer treatment throughout their lives. There is a lack of evidence-based guidelines on optimal surveillance strategies for the period from the end of treatment to 5 years after diagnosis. We aimed to address this gap by developing recommendations for short-term surveillance of health problems based on existing long-term follow-up (LTFU) care guidelines.
Methods: The guideline working group, consisting of healthcare professionals, parents and survivor representatives from 10 countries, worked together to identify relevant health problems that may occur in survivors between the end of treatment and 5 years after diagnosis and to develop recommendations for short-term surveillance of health problems. The recommendations were drawn from existing LTFU guidelines and adapted where necessary based on clinical expertise.
Results: The working group developed 44 recommendations for short-term surveillance of health problems, which were divided into four categories based on the level of surveillance required: awareness only (n = 11), awareness, history and/or physical examination without surveillance test (n = 15), awareness, history and/or physical examination with potential surveillance test (n = 1) and awareness, history and/or physical examination with surveillance test (n = 17).
Conclusion: The development of a guideline for short-term surveillance of health problems fills a critical gap in survivorship care for CAYA cancer survivors, providing much-needed support immediately after treatment up to 5 years after diagnosis.
Implications for Cancer Survivors.
This guideline will support healthcare professionals to provide appropriate follow-up care and improve the quality of life of CAYA cancer survivors.
Supplementary information: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s11764-023-01493-z.
Contents of the original publication
The section headings of the original.
- Introduction
- Methods
- Guideline working group
- Guideline methodology
- Internal and external consultation rounds
- Results
- Overview of the PanCare guideline for short-term surveillance of health problems
- Differences between recommendations for LTFU care and short-term surveillance for health problems
- Discussion
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