This article presents a bibliographic review and aimed to search, in the scientific literature published between January 2000 and April 2007, articles on adult survivors of child cancer, in order to sketch a panorama of what is being published in the area, verifying the existence of tendencies and possible gaps. Data were collected through the electronic search of articles indexed in the databases Lilacs, Dedalus/Sibi, Scielo, Medline, PsycInfo, using the words: "adult and survivor and child and cancer". The 36 publications included were outlined in four focus areas: psychosocial aspects, covering research on quality of life, post-traumatic stress, psychological sequelae, psychiatric internments; physical health/physical problem; second tumor; fertility and reproduction. Most articles aim to get to know the psychosocial functioning of child cancer survivors. A certain trend is perceived, indicating that the survivors' psychosocial functioning is not affected.
Child cancer; adult; survivor