Publication at Second Faculty of Medicine |
2015
Abstract
Late consequences can develop not only after chemotherapy, but also after radiation or surgery performed as part of oncological treatment. The consequences of treatment can affect all tissues and organs and appear at different time intervals after the end of anti-tumor therapy, but usually within a period of years to decades.
More than two thirds of cured patients have at least one or more late consequences. Furthermore, up to a third of patients may develop a life-threatening late effect.