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Income in Adult Survivors of Childhood Cancer [PDF]

open access: yesPLOS ONE, 2016
INTRODUCTION Little is known about the impact of childhood cancer on the personal income of survivors. We compared income between survivors and siblings, and determined factors associated with income. METHODS As part of the Swiss Childhood Cancer Survivor Study (SCCSS), a questionnaire was sent to survivors, aged ≥18 years, registered in the Swiss ...
Wengenroth, L.   +8 more
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Obesity and metabolic syndrome in adolescent survivors of standard risk childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia in Saudi Arabia [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
This study estimated prevalence of unhealthy weight status and metabolic syndrome (MS) amongst Saudi survivors of standard risk ALL. Procedure. We recruited 56 survivors, mean age 13.4 years (SD 4.1), a mean of 9.1 years (SD 4.1) postdiagnosis.
Aldhafiri, Fahad   +5 more
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Skeletal adverse events in childhood cancer survivors : An Adult Life after Childhood Cancer in Scandinavia cohort study [PDF]

open access: yes, 2021
The dynamic growth of the skeleton during childhood and adolescence renders it vulnerable to adverse effects of cancer treatment. The lifetime risk and patterns of skeletal morbidity have not been described in a population-based cohort of childhood ...
Niinimäki, R. (Riitta)   +56 more
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Frailty in childhood cancer survivors [PDF]

open access: yesCancer, 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   +5 more
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Competing vulnerabilities in childhood cancer: the everyday lives of British Bangladeshi children with cancer. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
PhDThis thesis presents a social study of childhood cancer treatment in a group of British Bangladeshi children living in one city in the United Kingdom.
Kelly, Paula Jean
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Physical activity and fitness in childhood cancer survivors: A scoping review

open access: yesAging 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   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

The ‘Survivorship Passport’ for childhood cancer survivors [PDF]

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Cancer, 2018
Currently, there are between 300,000 and 500,000 childhood cancer survivors (CCSs) in Europe. A significant proportion is at high risk, and at least 60% of them develop adverse health-related outcomes that can appear several years after treatment completion.
Haupt, Riccardo   +49 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

open access: yesCancer 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   +15 more
doaj   +1 more source

Health-Related Quality of Life in European Childhood Cancer Survivors: Protocol for a Study Within PanCareLIFE

open access: yesJMIR 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   +21 more
doaj   +1 more source

Physical activity, fitness, and cardiovascular disease risk in childhood cancer survivors: The Physical Activity in Childhood Cancer Survivors (PACCS) study [PDF]

open access: yes, 2023
Avhandling (doktorgrad) - Norges idrettshøgskole, 2023Background: Childhood cancer survivors face an increased risk of late effects from cancer treatment. Physical activity may modify the risk of common late effects, such as cardiovascular disease (CVD).
Bratteteig, Mari
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