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Oncologists and other health care providers may lack awareness about chronic health problems typically seen in childhood cancer survivors. Childhood cancer survivors are at risk of developing second cancers and a range of chronic health problems.

Oncologists and other health care providers may lack awareness about chronic health problems typically seen in childhood cancer survivors. Childhood cancer survivors are at risk of developing second cancers and a range of chronic health problems.

Matthew J. Ehrhardt, MD, MS, discusses the importance of taking a multifactorial approach to improve long-term outcomes for survivors of childhood cancer, and expands on the findings from the study of the factors associated with risk of late mortality.

A range of socioeconomic factors and modifiable chronic health conditions may increase an adult survivors risk for death years after their diagnosis, new research shows.

St. Jude scientists identified a genetic difference in childhood cancer survivors treated with chemotherapy that predisposes them to heart problems as adults.