Abstract IA26: The need for evidence-based survivorship care

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Abstract The 5-year survival for children with cancer has increased enormously. However, years after treatment, childhood cancer survivors are at high risk for developing health and psychosocial long-term side effects due to their previous cancer treatment. The impacts on morbidity, mortality, and society are significant. These impacts can be reduced by optimal long-term follow-up of survivors. Survivorship care that is focused on the detection of treatable disease at an early phase will improve quality of life of survivors by timely interventions. The International Guideline Harmonisation Group (ighg.org) developed evidence-based guidelines for many late effects. However, implementing these guidelines has proven challenging. The availability of follow-up care for adult survivors varies considerably, and many clinics do not offer survivorship care for adult survivors of childhood cancer. High-quality survivorship care requires a multidisciplinary care infrastructure, implementation of guidelines, and development of a survivorship care plan with a detailed summary of treatment and specific knowledge on late effects. This presentation will focus on the translation of knowledge to guidelines and the need for survivorship care. Citation Format: Leontien Kremer. The need for evidence-based survivorship care [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the AACR Special Conference on the Advances in Pediatric Cancer Research; 2019 Sep 17-20; Montreal, QC, Canada. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2020;80(14 Suppl):Abstract nr IA26.