منابع مشابه
Information and Childhood Cancer
Currently in Colombia, cancer represents the third leading cause of death in children between 1 to 14 years of age. Although childhood cancer (<15 years old) is a small proportion (0.5-3%) of all cases of cancer in the population, most of these cancers (84%) occur in low and middle-income countries (LMIC), in where 90% of the child population live. The Population-based Cancer Registry of Cali (...
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BACKGROUND Knowledge about past disease, treatment, and possible late effects has previously been shown to be low in survivors of childhood cancer and their relatives. This study investigated the information needs of childhood cancer survivors and their parents and explored possible determinants for differences in information need and health-related Internet use. PROCEDURE Childhood cancer su...
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متن کاملInformation provision and information needs in adult survivors of childhood cancer.
BACKGROUND Knowledge about their past medical history is central for childhood cancer survivors to ensure informed decisions in their health management. Knowledge about information provision and information needs in this population is still scarce. We thus aimed to assess: (1) the information survivors reported to have received on disease, treatment, follow-up, and late effects; (2) their infor...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Colombia Medica
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1657-9534
DOI: 10.25100/cm.v47i2.2374