Childhood cancer survivors may develop heart problems sooner
Adult survivors of childhood cancer have a greater risk of heart disease and develop risk factors like high blood pressure and elevated...
Mar 29, 2018
Obesity and Childhood Cancer
Survivors of childhood cancer who are overweight or obese as adults are at an increased risk of developing an obesity-related cancer....
Mar 19, 2018
Managing Chemo Brain in Pediatric Survivors of Childhood Cancer
Cancer-associated cognitive impairment, commonly known as chemo brain, is an adverse effect of cancer and its treatment that survivors...
Mar 16, 2018
Survivors of childhood cancer are at great risk of heart problems in adulthood
Survivors of childhood cancer are at increased risk of suffering prematurely from cardiovascular disease in adulthood, according to a...
Mar 9, 2018
Many adolescent and young adult cancer survivors have more social connections than peers
Survivors of adolescent and young adult cancer often have stronger social networks than their non-cancer peers, according to St. Jude...
Mar 8, 2018
Childhood cancer survivors found to be at higher risk of mental illness
Most children with cancer in Canada now survive. But they're at greater risk of poor mental health outcomes, such as anxiety and...
Feb 26, 2018
Human eggs grown in lab for first time, creating hope for young females with cancer
For the first time, human eggs have been grown in a laboratory -- and the development could aid in the fertility of children undergoing...
Feb 12, 2018
Nonsurgical premature menopause affects fertility in female childhood cancer survivors
Women who survived childhood cancer faced an increased risk for nonsurgical premature menopause, resulting in lower rates of live birth...
Feb 9, 2018
Childhood Cancer Increases Likelihood of Unemployment as Adult
One out of 6 survivors of childhood cancer was unemployed, according to results from a meta-analysis of 56 studies conducted in the...
Feb 2, 2018
Childhood, testicular cancers increase risk for hypogonadism
Men who are survivors of childhood cancer or testicular cancer are at markedly increased risk for developing hypogonadism vs. men in the...
Dec 21, 2017

