Geehong Hyun

1 INTRODUCTION Five-year survival following a childhood cancer diagnosis exceeds 85%, and approximately half a million pediatric cancer survivors are now alive in the United States.1, 2 As such, the identification of late effects after cancer treatment, including subsequent malignant neoplasms (SMN)3 and chronic medical conditions,4 is critical to providing appropriate and necessary care to long-term survivors.5 After primary cancer recurrence, SMNs account for the highest proportion of...

This study compared the measurement properties for multiple modes of survey administration, including postal mail, telephone interview, and Web-based completion of patient-reported outcomes (PROs) among survivors of childhood cancer. The population included 6,974 adult survivors of childhood cancer in the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study who completed the Brief Symptom Inventory-18 (BSI-18), which measured anxiety, depression, and somatization symptoms.

Research Major cardiac events...