The Long-Term Follow-Up (LTFU) Study has resulted in more than 300 publications in scientific journals since it was launched in 1994. Some of these articles are summarized here.
A study explores chronic pain in childhood cancer survivors and how it affects daily life. Depression, anxiety, and negative thinking can increase the experience of pain.
Study finds lower chances of employment and higher chances of health-related unemployment over an average of 11 years among childhood cancer survivors who were employed full-time.
Researchers find long-term childhood cancer survivors often live in disadvantaged neighborhoods and report more financial problems. The study cites the need to consider financial hardship as potential long-term effect of cancer treatment.
Scientists studied the effects of healthy habits and medical problems on patient survival to discover things survivors can do to live longer, healthier lives.
A study of 9664 childhood cancer survivors showed that survivors have more loneliness, which has important effects on their emotional and physical health. Feeling lonely was linked to anxiety, depression, and suicidal thoughts.
Scientists found that infant neuroblastoma survivors treated in the 1990s had fewer long-term side effects of treatment than those treated in the 1970s.
Some cancer treatments may increase the risk of getting a second tumor later in life, called a meningioma. Meningiomas can develop and grow as survivors age.
A study of more than 24,000 childhood cancer survivors showed that survivors have a higher risk of HPV-related cancer. HPV is a virus that many sexually active people are exposed to during their life. A lot of HPV infections go away on their own, often with no symptoms, but some types of HPV can cause cancer. HPV-related cancers are cancers of the mouth, throat, and genital areas.
