RT Book, Section A1 Bhatia, Smita A1 Meadows, Anna T. A2 Rudolph, Colin D. A2 Rudolph, Abraham M. A2 Lister, George E. A2 First, Lewis R. A2 Gershon, Anne A. SR Print(0) ID 7042099 T1 Chapter 448. Cancer Survivorship and Recommendations for Follow-Up T2 Rudolph's Pediatrics, 22e YR 2011 FD 2011 PB The McGraw-Hill Companies PP New York, NY SN 978-0-07-149723-7 LK accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=7042099 RD 2024/03/29 AB Systematic advances in risk-based therapy for childhood cancer has been responsible for the progress in overall survival over the past four decades; five-year survival rates now approach 80%.1 This has resulted in a growing population of childhood cancer survivors—an estimated 300,000 survivors in the United States.2 Demographics of childhood cancer survivors reveal that although a third of these individuals are less than 20 years of age, one half are between 20 and 40 years old, and the remaining one fifth are over 40 years of age.