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Search Results for: Pediatric Cancer
Accelerated Aging in Cancer Survivors-
Cancer therapies cause accelerated aging. We know this because cancer survivors develop age-related health conditions faster than normal people. In addition, we know this because most of us have seen cancer
Continue readingPediatric, AYA Cardio Protection
“Cancer Survivors are 15 times more likely to have heart failure and eight times more likely to have heart disease than the general population…” While pediatric and AYA cancer survivors
Continue readingChildhood Cancer Survivors- Long-Term Morbidities
““The growing population of childhood cancer survivors carries a substantial burden of morbidity that is directly related to therapeutic exposures used to treat the primary cancer.1,2“ Childhood
Continue readingAdverse Events of Complex Cancer Therapies
“The researchers uncovered 169 relevant trials involving 22,492 patients. The incidence of treatment-related adverse events was 91.2% for all events and 46.1% for serious adverse events (grade 3
Continue readingChildhood Cancer- Mental Health Risk
They uncovered 494 childhood cancer survivors who experienced at least one inpatient or outpatient visit for a mental health disorder I’m not a child psychologist. I am a cancer survivor and cancer
Continue readingPediatric ALL-Increased Survival- Lifetime of Pain
“Today, largely because of chemotherapy as well as some other treatments, like stem cell transplants, (for acute lymphoblastic leukemia) survival rates have soared in the West” According to
Continue readingBrain Cancer- Glioma- The BRI
We report a 44-year-old female with a recurrent, multicentric, malignant glioma who experienced a durable remission lasting more than four years… The study linked below documents a case of “44-year-old
Continue readingWhole Brain Radiation – Pediatric Chemobrain?
Treatment of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) has included the use of prophylactic cranial irradiation in up to 20% of children with high-risk disease despite known cognitive risks of this treatment
Continue readingretinoblastoma survivors- secondary cancers?
“Despite excellent survival rates among children treated for Rb, survivors with a germline mutation in their Rb1 gene (hereditary Rb) are prone to subsequent cancers including sarcomas, melanoma,
Continue readingCancer-Therapy-induced Cardiomyopathy and Your Genes
“The increased burden of rare variants including TTNtv, indicate that genetics are an important component in Cancer-Therapy-induced Cardiomyopathy (CCM) susceptibility and adverse outcomes” I
Continue readingAYA Survivors Face Real Risk of More Cancer
“...researchers observed what they called “a steep increase” in the incidence of solid tumors among these survivors (AYA) more than 15 years after completion of cancer therapy I don’t know
Continue readingCongestive Heart Failure – Cancer Survivor
“The general consensus is that…a decrease in LVEF by more than 10 percentage points to a value <50%, or clinical manifestations with signs and symptoms of Congestive Heart Failure (CHF)
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