The PanCareSurFup consortium: research and guidelines to improve lives for survivors of childhood cancer

Julianne Byrne, Daniela Alessi, Rodrigue S Allodji, Francesca Bagnasco, Edit Bárdi, Andrea Bautz, Chloe J Bright, Morven Brown, Ibrahima Diallo, Elizabeth A M Lieke Feijen, Miranda M Fidler, Eva Frey, Stanislaw Garwicz, Desiree Grabow, Thorgerdur Gudmundsdottir, Oskar Hagberg, Arja Harila-Saari, Eva M Hau, Riccardo Haupt, Mike M HawkinsZsuzsanna Jakab, Momcilo Jankovic, Peter Kaatsch, Melanie Kaiser, Leontien C M Kremer, Claudia E Kuehni, Rahel Kuonen, Ruth Ladenstein, Päivi Maria Lähteenmäki, Gill Levitt, Helena Linge, Damien LLanas, Gisela Michel, Vera Morsellino, Renee L Mulder, Raoul C Reulen, Cécile M Ronckers, Carlotta Sacerdote, Roderick Skinner, Eva Steliarova-Foucher, Helena J van der Pal, Florent de Vathaire, Giao Vũ Bezin, Finn Wesenberg, Thomas Wiebe, David L Winter, Jeanette Falck Winther, Elise Witthoff, Lorna Zadravec Zaletel, Lars Hjorth

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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Second malignant neoplasms and cardiotoxicity are among the most serious and frequent adverse health outcomes experienced by childhood and adolescent cancer survivors (CCSs) and contribute significantly to their increased risk of premature mortality. Owing to differences in health-care systems, language and culture across the continent, Europe has had limited success in establishing multi-country collaborations needed to assemble the numbers of survivors required to clarify the health issues arising after successful cancer treatment. PanCareSurFup (PCSF) is the first pan-European project to evaluate some of the serious long-term health risks faced by survivors. This article sets out the overall rationale, methods and preliminary results of PCSF.

METHODS: The PCSF consortium pooled data from 13 cancer registries and hospitals in 12 European countries to evaluate subsequent primary malignancies, cardiac disease and late mortality in survivors diagnosed between ages 0 and 20 years. In addition, PCSF integrated radiation dosimetry to sites of second malignancies and to the heart, developed evidence-based guidelines for long-term care and for transition services, and disseminated results to survivors and the public.

RESULTS: We identified 115,596 individuals diagnosed with cancer, of whom 83,333 were 5-year survivors and diagnosed from 1940 to 2011. This single data set forms the basis for cohort analyses of subsequent malignancies, cardiac disease and late mortality and case-control studies of subsequent malignancies and cardiac disease in 5-year survivors.

CONCLUSIONS: PCSF delivered specific estimates of risk and comprehensive guidelines to help survivors and care-givers. The expected benefit is to provide every European CCS with improved access to care and better long-term health.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)238-248
Number of pages11
JournalEuropean Journal of Cancer
Volume103
Early online date1 Oct 2018
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Nov 2018

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