Impact of COVID‐19 pandemic on a large cohort of adult survivors of childhood cancer

Childhood cancersurvivors may be differentially impacted by coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19). From April to June of 2020, we examined psychosocial/health concerns in 4148 adult survivors and 571 siblings. Although more survivors reported concerns about getting sick (p = .002) and needing hospital...

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Autores principales: Krull, Kevin R., McDonald, Aaron, Goodman, Pamela, Vukadinovich, Christopher, Ford, James, Leisenring, Wendy M., Chow, Eric J., Robison, Leslie L., Armstrong, Gregory T.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2021
Materias:
Survivorship: Brief Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8463488/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34467648
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pbc.29324
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Sumario:Childhood cancersurvivors may be differentially impacted by coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19). From April to June of 2020, we examined psychosocial/health concerns in 4148 adult survivors and 571 siblings. Although more survivors reported concerns about getting sick (p = .002) and needing hospitalization (p = .003) in general, survivors and siblings were comparably concerned about being infected with and the consequences of COVID‐19. Cranial radiation was associated with social isolation (relative risk [RR] = 1.3, CI = 1.1–1.7), and central nervous system (CNS) tumors were associated with unemployment due to COVID‐19 (RR = 1.7, CI = 1.2–2.2). Some survivors appear more vulnerable and may require more support to meet health care and vocational needs during COVID‐19, though siblings also perceive substantial risk.

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