Breast cancer risk in childhood cancer survivors
Female survivors of childhood sarcoma or leukemia who did not receive chest radiotherapy are at increased risk of developing breast...
Jan 14, 2016
Fewer Childhood Cancer Survivors Dying From 'Late' Effects
Fewer childhood cancer survivors are dying years later from lingering effects of the treatment that conquered their cancer, a new study...
Jan 14, 2016
Childhood Cancer Treatment May Raise Adult Heart Disease Risk
Children who survive cancer may face a higher risk of heart disease as adults, new research suggests. Read more here:...
Jan 5, 2016
Battle Scars
Maya Stern is a 26 year old long-term cancer survivor. Dealing with people's often inappropriate comments about her scars has been...
Dec 18, 2015
The End of Pediatric Cancer Research as We Know It
It's time for 'the pediatric cancer research machine' to help childhood cancer survivors thrive. Read more here:...
Dec 18, 2015
Childhood Cancer Survivor Study and smoking interventions
Despite a drop in smoking prevalence among survivors of childhood cancer, the considerable proportion of consistent, current smokers that...
Nov 23, 2015
Childhood, young adult cancer survival improves but followup critical
Cure rates for teens and young adults with cancer have improved, but survivors face higher risks of being hospitalized than people in the...
Nov 19, 2015
Surviving Survivorship – A College Student and 2X Leukemia Survivor’s Perspective
When I finished my relapse treatment, at the age of 15, I felt liberated. I had finally conquered the disease that had taken over such a...
Nov 19, 2015
The Long-Term Effects of Childhood Cancer
I hope for a future where survival can be celebrated by a higher percentage of children, young adults, and adults. A future where people...
Nov 18, 2015
Childhood cancer survivors at heightened risk of several autoimmune diseases
Childhood cancer survivors are at heightened risk of a wide range of autoimmune diseases, reveals research published online in the Annals...
Nov 11, 2015