INTRODUCTION Over the past decade the United States (US) has seen a decrease in advanced cancer diagnoses. There has also been an increase in the number of cancer survivors returning to work. Cancer screening behaviors among survivors may play an important role in their return-to-work process. Adherence to a post-treatment cancer screening protocol increases early detection of secondary tumors ...

GH deficiency is common in survivors of childhood cancer, especially in those treated with radiation to the brain. The impact of GH therapy on disease recurrence has been studied in survivors of pediatric brain tumors, but few data are available on the risk of disease recurrence in survivors of other tumor types who are treated with GH. Likewise, the risk of second neoplasms (SN) associated wit...

A significant risk of lung cancer was identified among hereditary, but not nonhereditary, retinoblastoma (Rb) patients. Tobacco use was investigated to determine whether differences in smoking prevalence might explain the lung cancer excess and to characterize smoking patterns in adult survivors of Rb. Subjects were 441 hereditary and 395 nonhereditary 1-year survivors of Rb, age >or=18 years, ...

BACKGROUND Future fertility is an important concern for many cancer survivors. Cancer therapies have been shown to adversely impact reproductive function. However, it is difficult to predict the extent to which reproductive dysfunction will occur. The purpose of this study was to compare measures of ovarian reserve (MOR) and pregnancy rates in young female cancer survivors and similar-aged cont...

Estimates of radiation-induced cancer risks are based largely on the Life Span Study (LSS) of Japanese A-bomb survivors. Stewart and Kneale (2000) examined the possibility of bias in the LSS cohort by studying survivors with bomb-related acute injuries and those without such injuries. They reported significantly higher radiation risks for cancers and non-cancers among those survivors with acute...

INTRODUCTION We compared behavioral risk factors and preventive measures among female breast cancer survivors, female survivors of other types of cancers, and women without a history of cancer. Survivorship health care indicators for the 2 groups of cancer survivors were compared. METHODS Using data from the 2010 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, we calculated the proportion of wome...

INTRODUCTION Regular physical activity (PA) can improve health outcomes in cancer survivors, but the rate of adherence to PA recommendations among middle-aged survivors is unclear. We examined adherence to PA recommendations among cancer survivors and controls. We sought to identify correlates of adherence to PA and to determine whether PA adherence is associated with health-related quality of ...

PURPOSE Differences in health status and behavioral risk factors may explain racial/ethnic breast cancer disparities. We examined racial/ethnic differences in health status and behaviors among female breast cancer survivors compared to females without breast cancer. METHODS Using cross-sectional data from the 2009 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, a national state-based, random samp...

background & aim : prostate cancer is one of the most common cancers in males and the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths in palestine. although, many studies were conducted in de- veloped countries to evaluate quality of life (qol) in survivors of prostate cancer, the researchers could not find any study that was conducted in a developing country including palestine. therefore, the p...