Health Status of Adult Long-term Survivors of Childhood CancerA Report From the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study
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Context Adult survivors of childhood cancer are at risk for medical and psychosocial sequelae that may adversely affect their health status.
Objectives To compare the health status of adult survivors of childhood cancer and siblings and to identify factors associated with adverse outcomes.
Design, Setting, and Participants Health status was assessed in 9535 adult participants of the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study, a cohort of long-term survivors of childhood cancer who were diagnosed between 1970 and 1986. A randomly selected cohort of the survivors' siblings (n = 2916) served as a comparison group.
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