TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Long-Term Survivorship in Adult and Pediatric Cancer A1 - Ratan, Ravin A1 - Ater, Joann A1 - Rieber, Alyssa G. A1 - Rodriguez, Maria A. A2 - Kantarjian, Hagop M. A2 - Wolff, Robert A. PY - 2016 T2 - The MD Anderson Manual of Medical Oncology, 3e AB - Over the last four decades, substantial improvements in treatment effectiveness for childhood and adult cancers have resulted in cure or increased survival for these populations. Over 80% of all patients diagnosed with cancer before the age of 20 years will be surviving at 5 years. As a consequence of both improved survival rates and increasing incidence of childhood cancer, the number of long-term survivors of childhood cancer in the United States is rapidly increasing. An estimated 320,000 or more childhood cancer survivors are living in the United States, and at least 75% of these survivors are now adults. Of these, 24% have survived more than 30 years (1,2). These individuals are living long enough to demonstrate the lifelong consequences of the cancer and treatments (3,4). The numbers of adult cancer survivors are growing as well, with an estimated 18 million adult survivors in the United States by 2022 (Fig. 60-1). SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Medical CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/29 UR - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1126747110 ER -