From the Children’s Oncology Group

Monitoring pulmonary complications in long-term childhood cancer survivors: Guidelines for the primary care physician

Allen Liles, MD
Allen Liles
Program Director of the Combined Internal Medicine and Pediatrics Program, Department of Medicine-Pediatrics, The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
MD
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Julie Blatt, MD
Julie Blatt
Pulmonary Task Force, Late Effects Steering Committee, Children’s Oncology Group
MD
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David Morris, MD
David Morris
Division of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
MD
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Richard Wardrop III, MD
Richard Wardrop III
Pulmonary Task Force, Late Effects Steering Committee, Children’s Oncology Group
MD
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Anjali Sharma, MD
Anjali Sharma
Department of Radiation Oncology, The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
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Aimee Sznewajs, MS, PNP
Aimee Sznewajs
Pulmonary Task Force, Late Effects Steering Committee, Children’s Oncology Group
MS, PNP
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and Robert Goldsby, MD
Robert Goldsby
Director of Resident Research in Internal Medicine, Assistant Clinical Professor of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, The Carilion Clinic Department of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics and the University of Virginia School of Medicine
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Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
July 2008,
75
(7)
531-539;

ABSTRACT

Curative therapy for childhood cancers poses the risk of long-term complications, necessitating regular lifelong follow-up for survivors. The Children’s Oncology Group (COG) has issued guidelines on this topic (www.survivorshipguidelines.org). This review summarizes the findings of the COG Guideline Task Force on Pulmonary Complications with respect to pulmonary toxicity.

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↵* Dr. Morris has disclosed that he has received consulting fees from the Radiosurgery Centers Corporation and that he owns stock in Amgen, Anesiva, and Synarc corporations.

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Richard Wardrop III

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Aimee Sznewajs

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