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Piloting a Survivorship Screening Tool in a Specialty Clinic for Survivors of Childhood Cancers.

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We piloted a patient-reported screener in a clinic for survivors of childhood cancers to facilitate detection of late effects, psychosocial needs, and distress. The mean number of patient-reported survivorship concerns… Click to show full abstract

We piloted a patient-reported screener in a clinic for survivors of childhood cancers to facilitate detection of late effects, psychosocial needs, and distress. The mean number of patient-reported survivorship concerns endorsed per patient was 3.2; most frequent were difficulties with body weight, sleep, work/school, and fertility. Few individuals reported clinically significant distress or fear of recurrence. Electronic health record data produced an average of 2.3 late effects. Administration of a brief screener was effective in identifying additional current medical and psychosocial care needs among adult survivors of childhood cancers in a survivorship clinic.

Keywords: survivorship screening; screening tool; childhood cancers; clinic survivors; piloting survivorship; survivors childhood

Journal Title: Journal of adolescent and young adult oncology
Year Published: 2019

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