Childhood Cancer

Childhood cancer survivors in Europe exhibited higher risk for suicidal ideation than the general population, according to results of a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Childhood cancer survivors are more than twice as likely to develop melanoma as the general population, according to findings published in Journal of Clinical Oncology.

One-third of childhood cancer survivors reported high levels of fear of cancer recurrence even decades after treatment, according to results of a cross-sectional analysis.

September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month.

Radiotherapy and hematopoietic cell transplant increased the risk for keratinocyte carcinoma development in childhood cancer survivors, according to a study.

Underweight childhood cancer survivors are at an increased risk for late mortality, according to data from a retrospective cohort study published in Pediatric Blood & Cancer.

Richard Gorlick, MD, received this year’s ASCO Pediatric Oncology Award, which recognizes an individual who made outstanding contributions to the field.

Most childhood cancer survivors are not up to date on guideline-recommended screening for late effects of cancer treatment or second malignancies, according to study results.

Children conceived via fresh or frozen embryo transfer may have increased risk for acute lymphoblastic leukemia compared with children conceived naturally, according to cohort study results published in JAMA Network Open.

The future of pediatric oncology should place a special emphasis on addressing socioeconomic difficulties that childhood cancer survivors face, according to study data published in JAMA Pediatrics.