Childhood Cancer Survivors a Growing Patient Population

Improved treatment of childhood cancer has led to an unprecedented health care problem, with primary care physicians unprepared to care for the special medical needs of adult cancer survivors, researchers report.

A survey of internists -- primary care doctors for adults -- found that most physicians were not comfortable caring for adult survivors of childhood cancer.

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