Somatic Disease in Survivors of Childhood Malignant Bone Tumors in the Nordic Countries

• Published in: Cancers
• Main Authors: Camilla Pedersen, Catherine Rechnitzer, Elisabeth Anne Wreford Andersen, Line Kenborg, Filippa Nyboe Norsker, Andrea Bautz, Thomas Baad-Hansen, Laufey Tryggvadottir, Laura-Maria Madanat-Harjuoja, Anna Sällfors Holmqvist, Lars Hjorth, Henrik Hasle, Jeanette Falck Winther, on behalf of the ALiCCS Study Group
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2021
• Subjects: childhood malignant bone tumors; survivorship; late effects; somatic disease; cohort study; Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology. Including cancer and carcinogens; RC254-282; Ewing; Iceland
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers13184505; https://doaj.org/article/e86651affed4481da01c288d714bbcff

Survivors of malignant bone tumors in childhood are at risk of long-term adverse health effects. We comprehensively reviewed cases of somatic diseases that required a hospital contact in survivors of osteosarcoma and Ewing sarcoma. In a population-based cohort study, 620 five-year survivors of osteo...