Predictors of future health-related quality of life in survivors of adolescent cancer.
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SUBMITTER: Nolan VG
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4141009 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Oct
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Predictors of future health-related quality of life in survivors of adolescent cancer.
Nolan Vikki G VG Krull Kevin R KR Gurney James G JG Leisenring Wendy W Robison Leslie L LL Ness Kirsten K KK
Pediatric blood & cancer 20140324 10
The purpose of this study was to identify characteristics associated with health-related quality of life (HRQOL) among long-term survivors of adolescent cancer enrolled in the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study. Thirty percent of survivors reported poor physical and/or mental HRQOL. Race/ethnicity, education, and head/neck disfigurement were significantly associated with poor mental HRQOL, while sex, age, household income, obesity, alkylating agents, pelvic radiation, head/neck or limb disfiguremen ...[more]
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