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Survivors of Cancer in Childhood

Annals of Internal Medicine, 1976
Late effects of childhood cancer in 142 patients, presently aged 18 years and older, were examined with a medical record review and questionnaire survey. Seventy-four patients (52%) had major defects in treated organs, while 17 (12%) developed second primary neoplasms (10 malignancies and 7 benign tumors).
F P, Li, R, Stone
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Survivorship: Childhood Cancer Survivors

Primary Care: Clinics in Office Practice, 2009
Late effects of therapy for childhood cancer are frequent and serious. Fortunately, many late effects are also modifiable. Proactive and anticipatory risk-based care can reduce the frequency and severity of treatment-related morbidity. The primary care clinician should be an integral component in risk-based care of survivors.
Kevin C, Oeffinger, Melissa M, Hudson, Wendy, Landier   +2 more
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Childhood Cancer Survivors in the Dark

Journal of Clinical Oncology, 2004
In October 2002, the families of 1,360 longterm survivors of childhood leukemia or cancer were invited to a gala dinner commemorating the 30th anniversary of the Unit of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology of the Giannina Gaslini Children’s Hospital and Research Institute (Genova, Italy).
D, Caprino, T J, Wiley, L, Massimo
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Survivors of childhood cancer

BMJ, 2009
Numbers are increasing, so a network of specialists that cross age boundaries is needed Many children who survive cancer can look forward to moving on with their lives and returning to normality. Others may have late effects of their cancer or its treatment that can cause life long morbidity.
M. Jenney, G. Levitt
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PROGENY OF CHILDHOOD-CANCER SURVIVORS

The Lancet, 1974
Abstract Inheritance of neoplasms in childhood and genetic effects of tumour therapy have been examined in progeny of 46 childhood-cancer survivors, 17 males and 29 females. 107 pregnancies were recorded: 92 (86%) live births, 12 (11%) spontaneous abortions, and 3 (3%) induced abortions.
F P, Li, N, Jaffe
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Second cancers in survivors of childhood cancer

Nature Reviews Cancer, 2002
More than 70% of children diagnosed with cancer can now be expected to be long-term survivors. However, the consequences of 'cure' might be considerable for the survivors of cancer: 60-70% of young adults who have survived childhood cancer will develop at least one medical disability as a result of their cancer or, more commonly, as a result of their ...
Smita, Bhatia, Charles, Sklar
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Health Insurance Coverage in Survivors of Childhood Cancer: The Childhood Cancer Survivor Study

Journal of Clinical Oncology, 2005
Purpose To examine the prevalence and predictors of health insurance coverage and the difficulties obtaining coverage in a large cohort of childhood cancer survivors. Patients and Methods This study included 12,358 5-year survivors of childhood cancer and 3,553 sibling controls participating in the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study.
Elyse R, Park, Frederick P, Li, Yan, Liu, Karen M, Emmons, Arthur, Ablin, Leslie L, Robison, Ann C, Mertens   +6 more
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Psychological Distress in Adult Survivors of Childhood Cancer: The Swiss Childhood Cancer Survivor Study

Journal of Clinical Oncology, 2010
Purpose To evaluate the degree of psychological distress in adult childhood cancer survivors in Switzerland and to characterize survivors with significant distress. Methods Childhood cancer survivors who were age younger than 16 years when diagnosed between 1976 and 2003, had survived more than 5 years, and were currently age 20 years or older received
Michel Gisela, Rebholz Cornelia E, von der Weid Nicolas X, Bergstraesser Eva, Kuehni Claudia E   +4 more
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Fertility in Female Childhood Cancer Survivors

2009
Advances in childhood cancer treatment over the past decades have significantly improved survival, resulting in a rapidly enlarging group of childhood cancer survivors. There is much concern, however, about the effects of treatment on reproductive potential.
de Bruin, M., den Broeder, E., van den Berg, M.H., Lambalk, C.B.   +3 more
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Breast Cancer Screening in Survivors of Childhood Cancer

RadioGraphics, 2023
Women who survived childhood cancers or cancers at a young age are at high risk for breast cancer later in life. The accentuated risk is notable among those treated at a young age with a high radiation dose but also extends to survivors treated with therapies other than or in addition to radiation therapy.
Yiming Gao, Carmen A. Perez, Chloe Chhor, Samantha L. Heller   +3 more
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