Adult Life after Childhood Cancer in Scandinavia (ALiCCS)
Contact: Jeanette Falck Winther, M.D.
Study Website: http://www.aliccs.org
Number of Enrolled Cancer Patients/Survivors: |
55,000 patients and 275,000 population comparison (a large population-based patient cohort from Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden; age at diagnosis < 20 yrs of age) |
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Years of Diagnoses of Enrolled Cancer Patients/Survivors: | Start of the Nordic cancer registries in the 1940s and 1950s till 2008 |
Approximate Years of Follow-up: | Up to 60 years |
Cancer Sites Represented: | Other: Childhood cancer (all types) |
Biological Specimens Collected: | None |
Treatment Outcome Measures: |
Physician/Medical Record Reported
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Co-morbidities at Study Entry: |
Diabetes Heart Disease Pulmonary Disease Other: (all discharge diagnoses) |
Lifestyle Factors: | None |
Treatment Data: |
Surgery Radiation Chemotherapy (to be included in the coming years for selected sub-cohorts) |
Treatment Data Assessed By: |
Electronic Record (cancer registries and other health registries) Chart abstraction (medical records; radiotherapy schemes) |
Is the study open to collaboration? | Yes |