(Press-News.org) About The Study: Decades following treatment, one-third of childhood cancer survivors in this study reported elevated fear their cancer will recur or a subsequent malignant neoplasm will develop. Findings suggest that fear of cancer recurrence should be routinely screened, and clinically significant symptoms intervened upon as a part of survivorship care.
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Fear of cancer recurrence in adult survivors of childhood cancer
JAMA Network Open
2024-10-03
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