It’s said very few children survived cancer before the 1970s.
(36) treatments now show hops of long-term survival for
almost eighty percent of young cancer patients. Yet the chemical drugs and
radiation (37) to cure their cancers can cause other
problems later. A newly reported study (38)
more than 12,000 grown-ups who (39) childhood cancers. Their
average age at the time of the study was twenty-eight. The
researchers found that sixty-two percent of the cancer survivors had at least
one (40) health problem. And they were eight times as likely
as their sisters or brothers to (41) life-threatening
conditions, because chemical drugs can damage bone growth during an important
period of (42) and radiation for some cancers can
(43) the risk of other cancers later.
Survivors of bone cancers, and cancers of the central nervous system were
at highest risk for health problems as adults. (44)
. Doctors say newer cancer treatments are a little
safer but not much. Still, (45) According to
the author of the study, doctors should watch closely for problems as childhood
cancer survivors get older, He says (46) . And he says it is
especially important for survivors to eat right, exercise and not smoke.
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