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
SurvivorLink: Online tool helps child cancer survivors maintain healthy lives
According to its website, SurvivorLink hopes to increase awareness about the long-term health needs of child cancer survivors, as well as...
Jun 6, 2013
Cardiac MRI detected cardiac abnormalities in long-term survivors of childhood cancer
Long-term childhood cancer survivors with anthracycline exposure show a considerable proportion of left ventricular and right ventricular...
Apr 16, 2013
FSH, inhibin B not accurate predictors of sperm count in childhood cancer survivors
Serum levels of follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) and inhibin B are not good predictors of sperm levels in male survivors of childhood...
Mar 8, 2013
Childhood Cancer Survivors Who Received Chest Irradiation at Risk for Pulmonary Hypertension in Midd
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital investigators found evidence that chest irradiation may leave some adult survivors of childhood...
Feb 14, 2013
Long-term side effects of childhood cancer becoming apparent
More children than ever are surviving cancer. However, many survivors are now noticing the long-term effects of chemotherapy and...
Feb 14, 2013
Landmark Study Finds Pediatric Cancer Survivors Have Reduced Exercise Capacity
Pediatric cancer survivors have significantly lower exercise capacity than their siblings, according to a groundbreaking Miller School...
Jan 18, 2013
Tricuspid regurgitant jet velocity up in childhood cancer survivors
(HealthDay)—About one-quarter of adult survivors of childhood cancer who received chest-directed radiation therapy (RT) have increased...
Jan 18, 2013