Childhood cancer survivors face higher death risk 25 years later, from cancer, circulatory diseases
Tuesday, July 13, 2010 - 15:56
in Health & Medicine
Follow-up of a group of British childhood cancer survivors indicates they have an increased risk of death from second primary cancers and cardiac and cerebrovascular causes more than 25 years after their initial cancer diagnosis, according to a study in the July 14 issue of JAMA.