BACKGROUND A large proportion of long-term survivors of childhood cancer have treatment-related adverse cardiac and pulmonary late-effects, with related mortality. Consequently, this population of approximately 379,000 individuals in the U.S. is at high risk of complications from influenza infections. PURPOSE To estimate influenza vaccination coverage overall and among subgroups of adult surv...

Increased incidence of children diagnosed with cancer and survivors was an impact on changes in pediatric hemato-oncology nursing care. In this review article, it is aimed to investigate the new trends and recent care approaches in pediatric oncology nursing. The recent care topics were common in the literature as family-centered care, technology-based care, program development, primary care of...

Burn injury is a dramatic event with acute and chronic consequences including insulin resistance. However, factors associated with insulin resistance have not been previously investigated. The purpose of this study was to identify factors associated with long-term insulin resistance in pediatric burn injury survivors. The study sample consisted of 61 pediatric burn injury survivors 24 to 36 mon...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of the present study was to assess sluggish cognitive tempo (SCT) behavioral symptoms among pediatric survivors of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and to determine the relationship of these behaviors with cognitive late effects. METHODS ALL survivors (n = 80) and a sibling control group (n = 19) were administered intelligence (IQ) testing, achievement testing and SCT ...

background obesity is a medical problem in survivors of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia. obesity is associated with many complications, so it is important to investigate the respective etiology. leptin is a protein synthesized in the fatty tissue and is effective in the control of obesity. survey of leptin in acute lymphoblastic leukemia (all) survivors could be helpful in controlling ob...

BACKGROUND An increasing percentage of childhood cancer patients are surviving their disease, but there is limited research on late recurrence. We sought to estimate late recurrence rates for the most common pediatric cancers and to determine risk factors for late recurrence. METHODS The incidence of late recurrences, or first recurrences that occurred more than 5 years after diagnosis, was a...

Pediatric hepatic angiosarcoma (PHAS) is extremely rare, with only five reported tumor-free survivors. Aggressive surgical resection and chemotherapy have been the management in all documented survivors of this disease, however no specific treatment guidelines are established. We present a case of PHAS with the longest reported tumor-free survival at over six years off therapy. 2015 The Authors...

Today's obesity pandemic began in the United States, spread to Western Europe and other developed regions, and is emerging in developing countries. Its influences on outcomes of childhood cancer are unknown. A recent Children's Oncology Group symposium considered epidemiology of obesity, pharmacology of chemotherapy and outcomes in obese adults with cancer, excess mortality in obese pediatric p...

OBJECTIVE Research on the long-term sequelae of treatment for pediatric brain tumors has identified significant neurocognitive deficits experienced by many survivors. Despite indications of deficits based on cognitive assessment, the identification of specific neurobiological mechanisms of these deficits using neuroimaging techniques has yet to be considered. METHOD This study used norm-refer...

Verbal memory (VM) has been shown to be impacted in brain tumor (BT) survivors, but the nature of VM problems and underlying neuropathology are poorly understood and a longterm outlook is lacking. Our study examined hippocampus volume (HV) and VM in adult survivors of pediatric BT (n=32) and controls (n=48). Results indicate that disruption to a maturing brain in childhood is detectable 17 year...