Cancer In Children And The Need For Continued Progress

This article caught my eye because our device design project involved a child brain tumor. I never considered the long term side effects of treatment fully. The article talks about a Childhood Cancer Survivor Study that identifies a significant increase in health problems of patients who survived childhood cancer. It more specifically catalogues some of the complications of Lauren Mulholland who had a Wilms’ tumor. The article places emphasis on the lack of information patients who survive have and how they aren’t regularly checked up on. It makes one realize that despite all of our advancement in cancer treatment, we still have a way to go.

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/story?id=2553765&page=1