Concentration, working speed and memory: Cognitive problems in young childhood cancer survivors and their siblings

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 875-882

  Wengenroth, L ^a   Rueegg, C S ^a,b   Michel, G ^a,b   Gianinazzi, M E ^a,b   Essig, S ^a,c,d   von der Weid, N X ^e   Grotzer, M ^f,g   Kuehni, Claudia E ^a   Angst, R ^g   Ansari, M ^g   Beck Popovic, M ^g   Brazzola, P ^g   Greiner, J ^g   Leibundgut, K ^g   Niggli, F ^g   Rischewski, J ^g   von der Weid, N ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LUCERNE   (Switzerland)

^c Institute of Primary and Community Care   (Switzerland)

^d SWISS PARAPLEGIC RESEARCH   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^f UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^g NONE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Childhood cancer; Cognitive outcomes; Cohort study; Questionnaire survey; Siblings; Survivors

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; BONE TUMOR; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVOR; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR CHECKLIST; CHILDHOOD CANCER; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERM CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; KIDNEY TUMOR; LANGERHANS CELL HISTIOCYTOSIS; LEUKEMIA; LIVER TUMOR; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NEUROBLASTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETINOBLASTOMA; SIBLING; SKULL IRRADIATION; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; SOLID TUMOR; TREATMENT DURATION; VELOCITY; WORK; WORKING MEMORY; WORKING SPEED; ATTENTION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLICATION; INFANT; MEMORY DISORDERS; MENTAL FUNCTION; NEOPLASMS; NEWBORN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SURVIVOR; SWITZERLAND; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MENTAL PROCESSES; NEOPLASMS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUESTIONNAIRES; SIBLINGS; SURVIVORS; SWITZERLAND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84925438217     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: 15455017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.25396     Document Type: Article

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