Cancer Pharmacoethnicity: Ascertaining Chronic Health Outcomes in Survivors of Childhood Cancer in Asia

Yin Ting Cheung
Additional contact information
Yin Ting Cheung: School of Pharmacy, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Global Journal of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2017, vol. 4, issue 2, 37-39

Abstract: The global population of long-term survivors of childhood cancer has grown steadily over the past decades due to advances in modern treatment strategies. Unfortunately, existing evidence demonstrates that survivorship comes at a cost of developing a myriad of treatment-related complications that can persist till years after diagnosis. Currently, countries within Asia dominate the largest share of the global cancer burden. While additional progress in treating childhood cancer in Asia is unquestionably necessary, it is anticipated that there will be an emerging population of survivors of childhood cancer over the next decade. However, there is a paucity of studies that evaluates long-term health outcomes in Asian survivors of childhood cancer. Pharmacoethnicity, which refers to ethnic variance in drug response or toxicity, may render divergent health outcomes between Western and Asian cancer survivors. The interaction between genetic and environmental factors may contribute to differences in the development and presentation of chronic toxicities. This opinion piece discusses the urging need for survivorship research that is unique to Asian population. Such knowledge is critical in guiding preventive and rehabilitative interventions that improve health outcomes in survivors of childhood cancer in Asia.

Keywords: juniper publishers:Journal of Pharmacy; Global Journal of Pharmacy; Pharmaceutical Sciences; Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences; pharmaceutical sciences journals; omics online; open access; drug discovery; Clinical Trials; juniper publishers open access journals; juniper publishers reivew (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
References: View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
https://juniperpublishers.com/gjpps/pdf/GJPPS.MS.ID.555634.pdf (application/pdf)
https://juniperpublishers.com/gjpps/GJPPS.MS.ID.555634.php (text/html)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:adp:jgjpps:v:4:y:2017:i:2:p:37-39

DOI: 10.19080/GJPPS.2017.04.555634

Access Statistics for this article

Global Journal of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences is currently edited by Sophia Mathis

More articles in Global Journal of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences from Juniper Publishers Inc.
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Robert Thomas ().