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Screenings for cardiac dysfunction among childhood cancer survivors can be more precisely tailored

Scientists at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital have created a simulation model to demonstrate how to best provide cardiac health...

Survivors of Pediatric Cancers May Experience Lasting Impact on Heart, Metabolic Health Following Ra

Adult survivors of childhood abdominal and pelvic cancers who were treated with radiation therapy experience body composition...

Immune receptor thought to be linked to hearing loss in child cancer survivors confirmed in new stud

Permanent hearing loss triggered by a common chemotherapy drug in half of children being treated for cancer may occur through a...

BMT survivor study finds significant breast cancer risk in young women who received total body irrad

A new study examining long-term outcomes of blood or marrow transplantation (BMT) found that patients who received total body irradiation...

Hearing loss linked to neurocognitive deficits in childhood cancer survivors

Research shows that severe hearing loss in childhood cancer survivors is associated with neurocognitive deficits independent of type of...

Monitoring for breast cancer after childhood chest radiation: When and how?

Simulation finds starting at age 30 with MRI and mammography to be the preferred strategy; starting at 25 prevented marginally more...

Online tool helps doctors predict whether childhood cancer treatment will lead to premature menopaus

Risk calculator developed by U of A master’s student could help reduce long-term health consequences for girls who survive cancer. Read...

Identifying survivors at high risk of secondary cancers

Scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital are studying the combined effect of cancer treatments and inherited mutations in...

Cancer’s toll on the heart decades down the road

New research explores how to lower the risk of heart disease in childhood cancer survivors. Read more: https://www.fredhutch.org/en/news/...

Childhood Cancer Survivors See Uptick in Colorectal Polyps

Childhood cancer survivors are developing colorectal polyps unrelated to a familial syndrome, the usual association, according to new...

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