Psychosocial life achievements in adults even if they received prophylactic cranial irradiation for acute lymphoblastic leukemia during childhood

Leukemia and Lymphoma

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 315-320

  Pillon, Marta ^a   Tridello, Gloria ^a,b   Boaro, Maria P ^a   Messina, Chiara ^a   Putti, Maria C ^a   Varotto, Stefania ^a   Petris, Maria G ^a   Scrimin, Sara ^c   Zanesco, Luigi ^a   Rosolen, Angelo ^a   Basso, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b Pediatric Hematology Oncology Unit   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acute lymphoblastic leukemia; Cranial radiotherapy; Long term survivors; Psychosocial achievements

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVOR; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA REMISSION; LIFE SATISFACTION; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; SKULL IRRADIATION; SOCIAL STATUS; THERAPY EFFECT; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIAL IRRADIATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRECURSOR CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872025571     PISSN: 10428194     EISSN: 10292403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10428194.2012.710903     Document Type: Article

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