Online Articles on Childhood Cancer Survivorship Issues

Articles in the Childhood Cancer Survivors section of the O'Reilly web site

Main page: http://childhoodcancerguides.org/sresource.html

Web-based Articles on Late Effects

Pediatric cancer survivorship: the costs associated with the cure. Pediatric cancer survivors face increased health risks as they age. How is the medical community responding? HemOnc Today article, posted June 25, 2008. Highly recommended.

Cancer survivors at risk for suicidal thoughts, attempts. 8/06. A survey of adult survivors of childhood cancers found that more than one out of eight reported having suicidal thoughts or previous attempts to take their lives many years after they were treated, say scientists at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.

Cognitive and Late Effects: The Challenges of Survivorship, Part I. Presented 11/30/05 as part of the Survivorship Education Series on the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society web site. This particular article is good for IEP issues. Transcript available as pdf file online. Other articles might appear on the linked page as time goes on - recommended by an online listmember.

Good news: 10 million cancer survivors; bad news: system not aimed at helping them - Presidential advisory panel releases report aimed at improving outcomes for survivors. HemOnc News July 2004, By Marie Rosenthal, Editor in chief. (not childhood-cancer specific)

Comprehensive Follow-Up Programs: A Necessity not a Luxury. Article in the Fall 2002 CCCF (Candlelighters) quarterly journal.

Topics in Pediatric Leukemia -- Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia and Late Effects in Long-Term Survivors. Posted 3/7/2005. Jacqueline Casillas, MD, MSHS; Kathleen M. Sakamoto, MD, PhD. MedScape.

Health Issues in Survivors of Childhood Cancer, MedScape. 2003.

NY Times site: Young Survivors of Cancer Battle Effects of Treatment, By Mary Duenwald and Denise Grady. 2003.

Late Effects of Therapy for Cancer on the St. Louis Children's Hospital site.

Cancer Mortality in Children Has Declined: a short review-summary of two J Clin Oncol papers (2001), on Medscape.

Wilms' tumor survivors at future increased risk, on Doctor's Guide to the Internet.

Second primary cancers after childhood cancer, Leslie L Robison , BMJ 1996; 312:861-862 (6 April). Article on BMJ.com (British Medical Journal).

Second Malignancies? (on the Candlelighters site)

Bone Health after Childhood Cancer (on the Candlelighters site)

Late Effects Of Treatment To The Teeth (on the Candlelighters site)

Preserving Fertility in Young Female Cancer Survivors (and Fertile Hope is a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping cancer patients faced with infertility)

Reproductive Questions and Answers for Cancer Survivors: A Guide for Teens on Children's Hospital Boston Young Womens Health

Late effects of treatment in survivors of childhood acute myeloid leukemia.

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