VALTEAU-COUANET , Dominique

Purpose: Access to insurance for a loan or a mortgage is an important issue for childhood cancer survivors. The aim of this study was to describe difficulties experienced by adult survivors.Methods: A total of 1920 survivors treated before the age of 18 in five French cancer centers responded to a questionnaire in 2010. Survivors who had tried...

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Background Childhood cancer survivors (CCS) may require lifelong medical care due to late effects of cancer treatments. Little is known about of their healthcare utilization and expenditures at long-term especially in publicly funded health care system. We aim to estimate and describe the health care expenditures among long-term CCS in France....

Background: We aimed to study adherence to cardiac screening in long-term childhood cancer survivors (CCS) at high risk of cardiomyopathy. Methods: This study involved 976 5-year CCS at high risk for cardiomyopathy from the French Childhood Cancer Survivor Study. Determinants of adherence to recommended surveillance were studied using...

The late effects of treatments for childhood cancers may lead to severe and multiple health conditions requiring hospitalisation. We aimed to estimate the hospitalisation rate among childhood cancer survivors (CCS) in France, to compare them with the general population and to investigate the associated factors. We matched total of 5439 5-year...

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