Attending Childhood Cancer Follow‐Up Care: Travel Time, Disparities and Health—A Canadian Cohort Study
Instead of travel time, individual factors were associated with health status, providing opportunities for targeted interventions to ensure continued attendance. Enhancing general LTFU access through location-appropriate services and addressing underlying socio-economic inequalities are crucial to ensure engagement in LTFU care and improve health outcomes for CCS.
Authors
- Fiona Schulte (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3076-9676)
- Gisela Michel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9589-0928)
- Miranda M Fidler-Benaoudia (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9594-9881)
- Jenny Duong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-3333-9045)
- Caitlin Forbes
- Kathleen Reynolds (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7999-2019)
- Martina Ospelt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-3681-8671)
Institutions
- Alberta Health Services (CA)
- University of Lucerne (CH)
- University of Calgary (CA)
- Alberta Children's Hospital (CA)
- Alberta Cancer Foundation (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Psycho-Oncology
- Published
- 2025-11-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/pon.70344
- Primary Topic
- Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Graduiertenakademie, Technische Universität Dresden