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VIDEO: Childhood cancer survivors living longer with fewer severe health problems


 

– Severe health problems occurring 5 or more years after diagnosis of a childhood cancer have been steadily declining, based on an analysis of 23,600 participants in the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study (CCSS), funded by the National Institutes of Health.

Watch our video interview with lead author Todd M. Gibson, PhD, of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, who reported the data at a press conference at the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology.

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