Cross-sectional study: long term follow-up care for pediatric cancer survivors in a developing country, Turkey: current status, challenges, and future perspectives

Sonay İncesoy Özdemir Nurdan Taçyıldız Ali Varan Rejin Kebudi Osman Bülent Zülfikar Tülin Tiraje Celkan Gurses Sahin Funda Vesile Çorapcıoğlu Zühal Keskin Yildirim Faruk Guclu Pinarli Hatice Nur Olgun Neriman Sarı Ayhan Dağdemir Derya Özyörük Tuba Eren Fatma Betul Cakir Basak Adakli Aksoy Ceyhun Bozkurt Elif Güler Ali Aykan Özgüven Mehmet Fatih Erbey Melda Berber Hamamcı Handan Dinçaslan Emel Ünal Mehmet Kantar

Published in: Turkish journal of medical sciences (2020)

This study was the first to gain an overview of the needs of POCs and the gaps in survivorship services in Turkey. The results from this study will help to develop a national health care system and national guidelines for pediatric cancer survivors.

Keyphrases

healthcare
quality improvement
current status
childhood cancer
primary care
mental health
clinical practice
chronic pain