133: Are They Expecting Too much? – Unrealistic Expectations About Adult Healthcare in Teenaged Childhood Cancer Survivors

With advancements in therapies, most children diagnosed with cancer will survive their initial malignancy. However, they are at risk of developing various treatment-related late effects that can manifest years after completion of therapy. Long-term follow-up (LTFU) care is crucial to the identification and management of late effects in childhood cancer survivors. Yet, research shows that many survivors fail to transfer to LTFU after discharge …