Population-level 5-year event-free survival for children with cancer in Australia

Event-free survival considers other adverse events in addition to mortality. It therefore provides a more complete understanding of the effectiveness and consequences of treatment than standard survival measures, but is rarely reported at the population level for childhood cancer.

Citation:
Youlden DR, Baade PD, Gottardo NG, Moore AS, et al. Population-level 5-year event-free survival for children with cancer in Australia. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2024.

Keywords:
Australia; childhood cancer; event‐free survival; relapse; remission

Abstract:
Event-free survival considers other adverse events in addition to mortality. It therefore provides a more complete understanding of the effectiveness and consequences of treatment than standard survival measures, but is rarely reported at the population level for childhood cancer.