Annals of Family Medicine 2:61-70 (2004)
© 2004 Annals of Family Medicine, Inc.
doi: 10.1370/afm.26
Health Care of Young Adult Survivors of Childhood Cancer: A Report from the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study
Kevin C. Oeffinger, MD1,
Ann C. Mertens, PhD2,
Melissa M. Hudson, MD3,
James G. Gurney, PhD2,
Jacqueline Casillas, MD4,
Hegang Chen, PhD5,
John Whitton, MS6,
Mark Yeazel, MD, MPH7,
Yutaka Yasui, PhD6 and
Leslie L. Robison, PhD2
1 Department of Family Practice and Community Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Tex
2 Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minn
3 Departments of HematologyOncology and Behavioral Medicine, St. Jude Childrens Research Hospital, Memphis, Tenn
4 Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Calif
5 Division of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minn
6 Cancer Prevention Research Program, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Wash
7 Department of Family Practice and Community Health, School of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minn

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Figure 1. Percentage of adult survivors of childhood cancer with medical visits in a 2-year period by interval from cancer diagnosis to baseline questionnaire.
* Trend significant with P <.001 for general physical education, cancer-related medical visit, and cancer center medical visit by Cochran-Armitage trend test.
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Figure 2. Percentage of adult survivors of 4 higher risk cancer groups with a cancer-related medical visit in a 2-year period by interval from cancer diagnosis to baseline questionnaire.
Note: Trend significant with P <.001 for bone tumor, central nervous system (CNS) tumor, Hodgkins disease, and leukemia survivors by Cochran-Armitage trend test.
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