Cancer treatment and survivorship statistics, 2012

R Siegel, C DeSantis, K Virgo, K Stein… - CA: a cancer journal …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Although there has been considerable progress in reducing cancer incidence in the United
States, the number of cancer survivors continues to increase due to the aging and growth of …

Psychological status in childhood cancer survivors: a report from the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study

LK Zeltzer, C Recklitis, D Buchbinder… - Journal of clinical …, 2009 - ascopubs.org
Psychological quality of life (QOL), health-related QOL (HRQOL), and life satisfaction
outcomes and their associated risk factors are reviewed for the large cohort of survivors and …

Comprehensive echocardiographic detection of treatment-related cardiac dysfunction in adult survivors of childhood cancer: results from the St. Jude Lifetime Cohort …

GT Armstrong, VM Joshi, KK Ness, TH Marwick… - Journal of the American …, 2015 - jacc.org
Background: Treatment-related cardiac death is the primary, noncancer cause of mortality in
adult survivors of childhood malignancies. Early detection of cardiac dysfunction may …

A Fitbit and Facebook mHealth intervention for promoting physical activity among adolescent and young adult childhood cancer survivors: A pilot study

JA Mendoza, KS Baker, MA Moreno… - Pediatric blood & …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Background Physical activity (PA) may be important for preventing chronic diseases for
adolescent and young adult (AYA) childhood cancer survivors. Randomized controlled trials …

Equitably improving outcomes for cancer survivors and supporting caregivers: a blueprint for care delivery, research, education, and policy

CM Alfano, CR Leach, TG Smith… - CA: a cancer journal …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Cancer care delivery is being shaped by growing numbers of cancer survivors coupled with
provider shortages, rising costs of primary treatment and follow‐up care, significant …

Health-related quality of life of adolescent and young adult patients with cancer in the United States: the Adolescent and Young Adult Health Outcomes and Patient …

AW Smith, KM Bellizzi, THM Keegan… - Journal of clinical …, 2013 - ascopubs.org
Purpose Adolescents and young adults (AYAs) diagnosed with cancer face numerous
physical, psychosocial, and practical challenges. This article describes the health-related …

The Childhood Cancer Survivor Study: a National Cancer Institute–supported resource for outcome and intervention research

LL Robison, GT Armstrong, JD Boice… - Journal of clinical …, 2009 - ascopubs.org
Survival for childhood cancer has increased dramatically over the last 40 years with 5-year
survival rates now approaching 80%. For many diagnostic groups, rapid increases in …

Psychosocial adjustment of siblings of children with cancer: a systematic review

MA Alderfer, KA Long, EA Lown, AL Marsland… - Psycho …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives: To promote a broader understanding of the psychosocial impact of childhood
cancer on siblings, a systematic review was undertaken. Directions for future research are …

Social outcomes in the childhood cancer survivor study cohort

JG Gurney, KR Krull, N Kadan-Lottick… - Journal of clinical …, 2009 - ascopubs.org
Difficulties with negotiating and achieving desired social outcomes in life may be
exacerbated by the experience of childhood cancer, including adverse effects from therapies …

PROMIS® pediatric self-report scales distinguish subgroups of children within and across six common pediatric chronic health conditions

DA DeWalt, HE Gross, DS Gipson, DT Selewski… - Quality of Life …, 2015 - Springer
Purpose To conduct a comparative analysis of eight pediatric self-report scales for ages 8–
17 years from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Patient Reported Outcomes …