October 12, 2006

Perspective

Experimental pathos protocol fails:

Reporter:

For kids with cancer, surviving the disease is only half the battle.

As the first generation of patients to survive pediatric cancer nears middle-age, a new study finds that more than 73% of patients cured of pediatric cancer will develop a chronic illness within 30 years of diagnosis.

Adult childhood-cancer survivor:

"Late effects are a luxury that only long-term survivors get to deal with."

Posted by floridacracker at October 12, 2006 10:01 AM