Survivors of childhood and adolescent cancer: life-long risks and responsibilities

LL Robison, MM Hudson - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2014 - nature.com
Survival rates for most paediatric cancers have improved at a remarkable pace over the past
four decades. In developed countries, cure is now the probable outcome for most children …

Long-term cardiovascular toxicity in children, adolescents, and young adults who receive cancer therapy: pathophysiology, course, monitoring, management …

SE Lipshultz, MJ Adams, SD Colan, LS Constine… - Circulation, 2013 - Am Heart Assoc
1928 Circulation October 22, 2013 mental health, functional status, activity limitations,
cancerrelated pain, and cancer-related anxiety) declined moderately to severely in 44%. 5 …

Chronic health conditions in adult survivors of childhood cancer

KC Oeffinger, AC Mertens, CA Sklar… - New England journal …, 2006 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Only a few small studies have assessed the long-term morbidity that follows the
treatment of childhood cancer. We determined the incidence and severity of chronic health …

[BOOK][B] From cancer patient to cancer survivor: lost in transition

E Stovall, S Greenfield, M Hewitt - 2005 - books.google.com
With the risk of more than one in three getting cancer during a lifetime, each of us is likely to
experience cancer, or know someone who has survived cancer. Although some cancer …

Survivors of childhood cancer in the United States: prevalence and burden of morbidity

SM Phillips, LS Padgett, WM Leisenring… - … Biomarkers & Prevention, 2015 - AACR
Background: No studies have estimated the population-level burden of morbidity in
individuals diagnosed with cancer as children (ages 0–19 years). We updated prevalence …

Medical assessment of adverse health outcomes in long-term survivors of childhood cancer

MM Geenen, MC Cardous-Ubbink, LCM Kremer… - Jama, 2007 - jamanetwork.com
ContextImproved survival of children with cancer has been accompanied by multiple
treatment-related complications. However, most studies in survivors of childhood cancer …

Physical and psychological long‐term and late effects of cancer

KD Stein, KL Syrjala, MA Andrykowski - Cancer, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
The number of long‐term cancer survivors (≥ 5 years after diagnosis) in the US continues to
rise, with more than 10 million Americans now living with a history of cancer. Along with such …

Psychological status in childhood cancer survivors: a report from the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study

LK Zeltzer, C Recklitis, D Buchbinder… - Journal of clinical …, 2009 - ascopubs.org
Psychological quality of life (QOL), health-related QOL (HRQOL), and life satisfaction
outcomes and their associated risk factors are reviewed for the large cohort of survivors and …

The Childhood Cancer Survivor Study: a National Cancer Institute–supported resource for outcome and intervention research

LL Robison, GT Armstrong, JD Boice… - Journal of clinical …, 2009 - ascopubs.org
Survival for childhood cancer has increased dramatically over the last 40 years with 5-year
survival rates now approaching 80%. For many diagnostic groups, rapid increases in …

Psychosocial adjustment of siblings of children with cancer: a systematic review

MA Alderfer, KA Long, EA Lown, AL Marsland… - Psycho …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives: To promote a broader understanding of the psychosocial impact of childhood
cancer on siblings, a systematic review was undertaken. Directions for future research are …