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Every month, Fred Hutch postdoc writer/editors summarize two papers from each of our scientific divisions to stimulate collaborations across campus
March 20, 2023
Organ transplantation in childhood cancer survivors
From the Leisenring Group, Division of Public Health Sciences
Looking down the road towards heart health
From the Cancer Epidemiology Research Cooperative, Division of Public Health Sciences
Childhood cancer survivors pay more for health care, more likely to be denied insurance coverage
Adult survivors of childhood cancer suffer from ‘financial toxicity’ decades later, a study conducted at the dawn of the Affordable Care Act found
Chance of surviving childhood cancer has improved — but survivors’ overall health has not
In large study of childhood cancer survivors, self-reported health remained constant or declined for patients treated in recent decades
Childhood survivors’ poor health leads to higher unemployment
Leisenring, Kirchhoff study shows how physical, mental and neurocognitive function affects employment and occupational status in adulthood
Study factors activity into cancer survival
Leisenring reports survivors who are at risk for an inactive lifestyle should be high priority for the development and testing of intervention approaches
A lifetime of monitoring matters
Childhood cancer survivors can exhibit late effects from treatment and are more likely than siblings to have chronic health conditions
Making strides toward seeing the future
Researchers develop a model to predict GVHD mortality rates in patients undergoing transplants