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Adult survivors of childhood ca. (Cancer).
Many adult survivors of childhood cancer lack crucial information about their diagnosis and treatment histories, making it difficult for them to get appropriate long-term follow-up care, a study has shown.
A survey of 635 childhood cancer survivors showed that none could provide an accurate detailed summary of their cancer history, including the name of the cancer, the main chemotherapy agent used, and the site of any radiation therapy. Only 74% of the patients could summarize all of the elements of their history, reported Dr. Nina S. Kadan-Lottick of the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, and her associates in the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study (JAMA 287[14]: 1832-39, 2002).
Such knowledge deficits could have serious implications, the investigators said. For example, most of the patients who had been treated with anthracycline were unaware of their exposure to the drug, and most of ...
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- Press release article from: PR Newswire September 23, 2003 700+ words
...PRNewswire/ -- Adult survivors of childhood cancer generally consider...percent of adult survivors reported fair...impairment linked to childhood cancer or its treatment...large part, adult survivors of childhood cancer have a very...
- Most Adult Survivors of Childhood Cancer Consider Themselves in Good Health,...
- News wire article from: AScribe Health News Service September 23, 2003 700+ words
...Newswire) -- Adult survivors of childhood cancer generally consider...percent of adult survivors reported fair...impairment linked to childhood cancer or its treatment...large part, adult survivors of childhood cancer have a very...
- Adult Survivors of Childhood Cancer Face Health Issues.
- News wire article from: Ascribe Higher Education News Service October 11, 2006 700+ words
...underscore the need for adult survivors of childhood cancer to be followed on a...The outcomes of the adult survivors (mean age of 26.6...to their siblings, adult survivors of childhood cancer were eight times as...
- Adult Survivors of Childhood Cancer Face Long-Term Health Problems, Says...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire October 11, 2006 700+ words
...steering committee of the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study (CCSS...largest-ever study of adult survivors of childhood cancer in the Oct. 12 issue...medical surveillance of adult survivors of childhood cancer. "Fewer than 20 percent...
- 1/5 of British adult survivors of childhood cancer smoke despite hazards.
- Newspaper article from: Drug Week August 15, 2008 700+ words
...Institute). Adult survivors of childhood cancer are at increased...smoking in adult survivors of childhood cancer is lower than...the U.S. Childhood Cancer Survivor Study...percent of adult survivors reported being...
- Adult survivors of childhood cancer are at risk for suicide.(RESEARCH...
- Magazine article from: Oncology Nursing Forum Carroll, Suzanne A. March 1, 2007 700+ words
A study of adult survivors of childhood cancer found that more than...study consisted of 226 adult survivors of childhood cancer, 100 men and 126...ideation and attempts in adult survivors of childhood cancer. Journal of Clinical...
- Health-related quality of life in childhood cancer: state of the...
- Magazine article from: Oncology Nursing Forum Cantrell, Mary Ann January 1, 2007 700+ words
...Currently 270,000 adult survivors of childhood cancer in the United States...risks that some adult survivors of childhood cancer may experience...sample of young adult survivors of childhood cancer, 17% had depressive...
- Childhood Cancer Survivors Learn Need for Vigilance.
- Newspaper article from: The Hartford Courant (Hartford, Connecticut) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News) August 26, 2003 700+ words
...Hospital's new clinic for adult survivors of childhood cancer. Now cancer-free...effort is called the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study. It...studying more than 14,000 adult survivors of childhood cancer who were diagnosed before...
Source: HighBeam Research, Adult survivors of childhood ca. (Cancer).