1. Education, employment, insurance, and marital status among 694 survivors of pediatric lower extremity bone tumors: a report from the childhood cancer survivor study.
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Nagarajan R, Neglia JP, Clohisy DR, Yasui Y, Greenberg M, Hudson M, Zevon MA, Tersak JM, Ablin A, and Robison LL
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- Adolescent, Adult, Amputees psychology, Amputees statistics & numerical data, Bone Neoplasms etiology, Bone Neoplasms therapy, California epidemiology, Child, Cohort Studies, Education, Employment, Female, Follow-Up Studies, Humans, Insurance, Health, Lower Extremity, Male, Marital Status, Middle Aged, Minnesota epidemiology, New York epidemiology, Ontario epidemiology, Osteosarcoma epidemiology, Osteosarcoma etiology, Osteosarcoma psychology, Osteosarcoma therapy, Pelvis, Pennsylvania epidemiology, Sarcoma, Ewing epidemiology, Sarcoma, Ewing etiology, Sarcoma, Ewing psychology, Sarcoma, Ewing therapy, Sex Factors, Siblings, Surveys and Questionnaires, Tennessee epidemiology, Washington epidemiology, Bone Neoplasms epidemiology, Bone Neoplasms psychology, Quality of Life, Survivors psychology, Survivors statistics & numerical data
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Background: With increasing numbers of childhood cancer survivors, direct sequelae of cancer therapy and psychosocial outcomes are becoming more important. The authors described psychosocial outcomes (education, employment, health insurance, and marriage) for survivors of pediatric lower extremity bone tumors., Methods: The long-term follow-up study of the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study is a multiinstitutional cohort study comprising 14,054 individuals who have survived for 5 or more years after treatment for cancer diagnosed during childhood or adolescence. Baseline demographic and medical information were obtained. Six hundred ninety-four survivors had osteosarcoma or Ewing sarcoma of the lower extremity or pelvis and were classified by amputation status and by age at diagnosis. The median age at diagnosis was 14 years old with a median of 16 years of follow up since diagnosis. Demographic characteristics were used to analyze the rates of psychosocial outcomes., Results: Amputation status and age at diagnosis did not significantly influence any of the measured psychosocial outcomes. Education was a significant positive predictor of employment, having health insurance, and being currently in their first marriage. Male gender predicted ever being employed and female gender predicted having health insurance and marriage. When compared with siblings, amputees had significant deficits in education, employment, and health insurance., Conclusions: Overall, no differences between amputees and nonamputees were found. However, gender and education play a prominent role. When compared with siblings, amputees in this cohort may benefit from additional supports., (Copyright 2003 American Cancer Society.DOI 10.1002/cncr.11363)
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- 2003
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