- May 26, 2014
Social Competence in Childhood Cancer Patients
Social deficits have been observed as a consistent ‘late effect’ for childhood cancer patients. A late effect is a side effect that...
- May 9, 2014
Exploring a mobile app to promote physical activity for childhood cancer survivors
W hile advances in cancer treatments have led to an increase in the number of childhood cancer survivors in the United States, this...
- May 2, 2014
Taste and smell dysfunction in childhood cancer survivors
Childhood cancer treatments such as chemotherapy and radiation therapy may have long-term negative impacts on taste and smell function,...
- Apr 25, 2014
How Big the Breast Cancer Risk After Radiation as Child?
Women who survived childhood cancers treated with chest radiotherapy had a breast cancer risk 20 times greater than that of women in the...
- Apr 17, 2014
Pediatric cancer survivors at increased risk for mortality, morbidity after age 35
Adult survivors of childhood cancers demonstrated a fivefold higher risk than their siblings for developing new cancers or other...
- Mar 18, 2014
Health gap between adult survivors of childhood cancer and siblings widens with age
Adult survivors of childhood cancer face significant health problems as they age and are five times more likely than their siblings to...
- Jan 28, 2014
Akron Children’s Hospital launches app for childhood cancer survivors
Akron, Ohio-based Akron Children’s Hospital has launched an app and website for childhood cancer survivors called CancerLateFX created...
- Jan 24, 2014
Childhood cancer survivors experience a gap in care, Loyola study shows
A recent study shows that many internists feel ill-equipped to care for adult patients who are childhood cancer survivors. Read more...