Fear of Cancer Recurrence in Adult Survivors of Childhood Cancer
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.
Authors
- Kayla L. Stratton (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5201-4565)
- Nicole M. Alberts (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7159-8156)
- Paul Craig Nathan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0334-0871)
- E Lamoureux (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4692-8720)
- Kevin N. Alschuler (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2621-3461)
- Gregory T. Armstrong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8722-4207)
- Wendy M. Leisenring (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7405-0906)
- Lindsay Jibb (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6995-2825)
- Jeffrey E. Olgin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1684-9327)
- Jennifer Nan Stinson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9969-8052)
- Jessica S. Flynn (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5020-4701)
- Kevin R. Krull (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0476-7001)
- Alex Pizzo
Institutions
- St. Jude Children's Research Hospital (US)
- University of California, San Francisco (US)
- University of Washington (US)
- Hospital for Sick Children (CA)
- Fred Hutch Cancer Center (US)
- Concordia University (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JAMA Network Open
- Published
- 2024-10-03
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.36144
- Citations
- 15
- Primary Topic
- Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 16.64
Funders
- St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
- American Lebanese Syrian Associated Charities
- International Progressive MS Alliance
- Multiple Sclerosis Society
- Canada Research Chairs
- National Institutes of Health
- National Cancer Institute
- Eurostars