Certain treatments for childhood cancer may increase obesity risk later in life
Childhood cancer survivors - especially those whose treatment included brain irradiation or chemotherapy with glucocorticoids - are 14...
May 13, 2015
Pulmonary defects common among childhood cancer survivors
Survivors of pediatric cancers who underwent pulmonary-compromising therapies demonstrated a significant risk for long-term pulmonary...
May 6, 2015
When Time Doesn’t Heal
Some say that time heals all wounds. Still 20 to 30 percent of cancer survivors report physical and psychosocial problems five or more...
May 5, 2015
Children Who Survive Cancer Live With Pain and Anxiety
The number of adults who have survived childhood cancer in the United States has increased—but they face chronic health problems related...
Apr 29, 2015
Surviving Childhood Cancer: A 20 year reflection
In part one of his engaging life reflection, Dr. Ted Sibley recounts his early years as a teen unexpectedly hit with a cancer diagnosis....
Apr 29, 2015
Commentary – Survivors of Childhood Cancer in the United States: Prevalence and Burden of Morbidity
Estimates of the overall 5-year survival rates for childhood cancers have steadily increased since the 1970s and are currently over 80% ....
Apr 29, 2015
Late Effects: One Survivor’s Experience
In 1978 I was diagnosed with Ewing’s Sarcoma to my left chest wall. At that time, Ewing’s was almost uniformly fatal. Rather than let...
Apr 14, 2015
Pulmonary-Toxic Therapies Linked with Defects in Childhood Cancer
Childhood cancer survivors who have been exposed to therapies that cause pulmonary dysfunction are associated with more restrictive...
Apr 14, 2015
Number of childhood cancer survivors increasing, most have morbidities
The prevalence of childhood cancer survivors is estimated to have increased, and the majority of those who have survived five or more...
Apr 14, 2015
Survivors of childhood cancer at risk for developing hormone deficiencies as adults
Decades after undergoing cranial irradiation for childhood cancer, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital investigators found that adult...
Feb 13, 2015