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Health Behaviors of Childhood Cancer Survivors [PDF]

Children, 2014
There has been a dramatic increase in the number of childhood cancer survivors living to an old age due to improved cancer treatments. However, these survivors are at risk of numerous late effects as a result of their cancer therapy.
Jennifer S. Ford, Marie Barnett, Rachel Werk   +2 more
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Childhood Cancer Survivors

JACC. CardioOncology, 2020
Ming Hui Chen, MD, MMSc
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Overweight in childhood cancer survivors: the Swiss Childhood Cancer Survivor Study [PDF]

The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2018
An increased risk of becoming overweight has been reported for childhood cancer survivors (CCSs), in particular leukemia survivors, although the evidence is inconclusive.We assessed the prevalence of overweight in CCSs, with a focus on leukemia survivors, compared it with their peers, and determined potential risk factors.As part of the Swiss Childhood
Belle, Fabiën N, Weiss, Annette, Schindler, Matthias, Goutaki, Myrofora, Bochud, Murielle, Zimmermann, Karin, von der Weid, Nicolas, Ammann, Roland A, Kuehni, Claudia E   +8 more
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Sickness absence and disability pension trajectories in childhood cancer survivors and references- a Swedish prospective cohort study.

PLoS ONE, 2022
BackgroundChildhood cancer survivors are at high risk of chronic health conditions. We aimed to explore future long-term sickness absence and disability pension in young adult childhood cancer survivors and matched references.MethodsWe performed a ...
Fredrik Baecklund, Kristina A E Alexanderson, Ellenor Mittendorfer-Rutz, Lingjing Chen   +3 more
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Post-traumatic stress symptoms in 223 childhood cancer survivors: incidence, severity and predictive risk factors [PDF]

, 2016
With modern therapies and supportive care, survival rates of childhood cancer have increased considerably. However, there are long-term psychological sequelae of these treatments that may not manifest until pediatric survivors are into adulthood.
Basso, Giuseppe, Bonichini, Sabrina, Pillon, Marta, Tremolada, Marta   +3 more
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Physical activity and fitness in childhood cancer survivors: A scoping review

Aging and Cancer, 2021
Background Estimates indicate that nearly 8% of the over 500,000 survivors of childhood cancer living in the United States are frail in their fourth and fifth decades of life, a phenotype typically seen in geriatric populations.
Matthew D. Wogksch, Chelsea G. Goodenough, Emily R. Finch, Robyn E. Partin, Kirsten K. Ness   +4 more
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Frailty in childhood cancer survivors [PDF]

Cancer, 2014
Young adult childhood cancer survivors are at an increased risk of frailty, a physiologic phenotype typically found among older adults. This phenotype is associated with new‐onset chronic health conditions and mortality among both older adults and childhood cancer survivors. Mounting evidence suggests that poor fitness, muscular weakness, and cognitive
Kirsten K, Ness, Gregory T, Armstrong, Mondira, Kundu, Carmen L, Wilson, Tamara, Tchkonia, James L, Kirkland   +5 more
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Income disparities between adult childhood cancer survivors and their peers—A register‐based cohort study from the SALiCCS research programme

Cancer Medicine, 2023
Background Childhood cancer survivors face various adverse consequences. This Nordic register‐based cohort study aimed to assess whether survivors of childhood cancer are more likely to have low income than their peers.
Anniina Kyrönlahti, Friederike Erdmann, Maria Feychting, Line Elmerdahl Frederiksen, Elli Hirvonen, Liisa Maria Korhonen, Anja Krøyer, Luzius Mader, Nea Malila, Hanna Mogensen, Camilla Pedersen, Mats Talbäck, Mervi Taskinen, Jeanette Falck Winther, Laura Madanat‐Harjuoja, Janne Pitkäniemi   +15 more
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Health-Related Quality of Life in European Childhood Cancer Survivors: Protocol for a Study Within PanCareLIFE

JMIR Research Protocols, 2021
BackgroundSurvival after childhood cancer has improved to more than 80% during the last few years, leading to an increased number of childhood cancer survivors.
Calaminus, Gabriele, Baust, Katja, Berger, Claire, Byrne, Julianne, Binder, Harald, Casagranda, Leonie, Grabow, Desiree, Grootenhuis, Martha, Kaatsch, Peter, Kaiser, Melanie, Kepak, Tomas, Kepáková, Kateřina, Kremer, Leontien C M, Kruseova, Jarmila, Luks, Ales, Spix, Claudia, van den Berg, Marleen, van den Heuvel-Eibrink, Marry M M, van Dulmen-den Broeder, Eline, Kuonen, Rahel, Sommer, Grit, Kuehni, Claudia   +21 more
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Evaluation of a psycho-educational group intervention for children treated for cancer: A descriptive pilot study [PDF]

, 2008
Objective: The present paper reports about the content and evaluation of a psycho-educational group intervention for children growing up with a history of cancer, Op Koers Oncologie (OK Onco).
Barlow, Beck, Beck, Geenen, Grootenhuis, Last, Magnani, Patenaude, Plante, Prins, Stiller, Vannatta   +11 more
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