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Spätfolgen in der Nachsorge von krebskranken Kindern und Jugendlichen

Detection, avoidance and treatment of late effects in the follow-up of children and adolescents with cancer

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Durch die Behandlungserfolge der Kinderonkologie hat die Erkennung, Behandlung und Vermeidung von Spätfolgen sowie die Verbesserung der Nachsorge einen besonderen Stellenwert erlangt. Im Rahmen des „late effects surveillance systems“ (LESS) der Gesellschaft für Pädiatrische Onkologie und Hämatologie (GPOH) werden seit 1995 systematisch wesentliche Spätfolgen bei den Patienten der GPOH-Therapieoptimierungsstudien erfasst. Zum heutigen Zeitpunkt werden prospektiv über 2500 ehemalige Ewing-Sarkom- und Osteo-, und Weichteilsarkompatienten entsprechend den Nachsorgeempfehlungen der GPOH regelmäßig nachuntersucht. Die wichtigsten bislang bekannten Spätfolgen sind Kardiotoxizität v. a. nach einer Anthrazyklintherapie, Oto- und Nephrotoxizität nach Cisplatin, Tubulopathien nach Ifosfamid und endokrine Störungen mit ihren Auswirkungen auf Wachstum, Schilddrüse, Pubertätsentwicklung und Fertilität. Neue Kenntnisse der strukturierten Nachsorge sind Grundlage einer vertikalen Vernetzung zwischen Ärzten in Klinik und Praxis bei der Betreuung ehemals krebskranker Kinder und Jugendlicher.

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Based upon the success of anti-neoplastic treatment in pediatric oncology, the detection, treatment and avoidance of late effects and the improvement of the aftercare has become increasingly important. In 1995, the Late Effects Surveillance System (LESS) in the network of the Society for Pediatric Oncology and Hematology [Gesellschaft für Pädiatrische Onkologie und Hämatologie (GPOH)] started to register late effects in patients treated according the therapy-optimized studies of the GPOH. More than 2,500 former Ewing-, osteo- and soft tissue sarcoma patients are currently being investigated prospectively according to the follow-up guidelines of the GPOH. The most notable late effects for cancer therapy are anthracycline-induced cardiomyopathy, hearing loss and nephrotoxicity after cisplatin, ifosfamide-induced tubulopathy, as well as developmental and other endocrinological disturbances, e.g. fertility loss and dysfunction of the thyroid. New knowledge on structured aftercare is fundamental to a vertical network between physicians in hospitals and in practices for the care of children and adolescents formerly suffering from cancer.

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Besonderen Dank gilt den teilnehmenden Therapieoptimierungsstudien COSS (Studienleiter: PD Dr. S. Bielack), CWS (Studienleiter: Prof. Dr. J. Treuner) und EURO-Ewing (Studienleiter: Prof. Dr. H. Jürgens), deren Mitarbeitern und den Dokumentaren und Ärzten in den teilnehmenden Kliniken.

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Langer, T., Dörr, H.G., Bielack, S. et al. Spätfolgen in der Nachsorge von krebskranken Kindern und Jugendlichen. Onkologe 11, 1101–1109 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00761-005-0933-2

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