Abstract
This multi-center cohort-study examined late mortality among 6,165 Dutch five-year childhood cancer survivors diagnosed 1963–2001. Clinical details and cause of death were based on medical records. Mortality was 12-fold that of the general population, with 51.3 additional deaths per 10,000 person-years (21.9 yrs median follow-up). Cumulative mortality 15 yrs post-diagnosis was 6.9%, predominantly from late recurrences; thereafter the absolute contribution of other health outcomes increased. Cumulative all-cause and recurrence-related mortality were highest for Central Nervous System and bone tumor survivors. All-cause, but not subsequent tumor and circulatory disease-related cumulative mortality, was highest for patients diagnosed 1963–1979 vs. later (p-trend <0.001).
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 413-424 |
Number of pages | 12 |
Journal | Cancer Investigation |
Volume | 40 |
Issue number | 5 |
Early online date | 7 Mar 2022 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2022 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This study was financially supported by the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme for Research, Technological Development and Demonstration [Grant Agreement No. 257505; PanCareSurFup] and by Dutch Cancer Society [DCS grants DCOG.2011-5027 and UvA.2012-5517]. This work was also supported by KWF. We thank Ms. Ingeborg Lange, Ms. Bep Verkerk, and Mr. Dennis de Jongh for data-management and ICT support in various stages of this work, the local study data-managers in each of the seven -LATER centers and the DCOG trial bureau staff (Head J Lieverst) for their help in data collection. Furthermore, we thank the following (former) members of the LATER Study Group for their contributions: Lilian Batenburg, Huib Caron, Wil Dolsma, Gea Huizinga, Marloes Louwerens, Hanneke de Ridder, Lideke van der Steeg, Margreet Veening, and Andrica de Vries.
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