Childhood Cancer Survivors More Likely To Develop Mental Health Disorders Later In Life
People who had cancer as children are more likely to be treated for neurodevelopmental, emotional or behavioral disorders later in life,...
Sep 25, 2013
Parents hope for ‘late effects clinic’
Families of childhood cancer survivors are still waiting to hear if provincial health officials plan to set up a special “late effects...
Sep 17, 2013
Cardiac Risk Assessed in Adult Survivors of Childhood Cancer
Modifiable cardiovascular risk factors, particularly hypertension, add to the treatment-associated risk of major cardiac events in adult...
Sep 13, 2013
Study finds most adult survivors of childhood cancer cope well, but some are susceptible to symptoms
The majority of adult survivors of childhood cancer reported no or few symptoms of psychological distress over a 13 year follow-up period...
Sep 5, 2013
Childhood cancer is linked to increased stroke risk
Survivors of childhood leukemia and brain tumors are more likely to have a stroke in later life. Read more here:...
Aug 13, 2013
Childhood cancer survivors at risk
Women who received chest radiation to treat a childhood cancer ought to have an annual mammogram, because they are at increased risk of...
Jul 30, 2013
Specialists reach out to childhood cancer survivors missing out on follow-up care
Specialists are trying to reach out to childhood cancer survivors who have withdrawn from the medical system, saying they are at a much...
Jul 9, 2013
Childhood cancer survivors find age works against them
When children are diagnosed with a complex, life-threatening illness such as cancer, all their parents pray for is time — enough time for...
Jul 8, 2013
Late effects of childhood cancer treatments haunt survivors
Danielle would be among a generation of children who did survive, through radiation and chemotherapy. Now, 15 years later, the future has...
Jul 8, 2013
Childhood Cancer Survivors Have Significant Chronic Disease
A study of over 1,700 childhood cancer survivors found that 98% of the participants had at least one chronic disease such as new cancers,...
Jun 14, 2013

