Mapping lifelong chronic health risks for childhood cancer survivors

Published Date: 29 May 2025

Children are much more likely to survive cancer today than 50 years ago. Unfortunately, as adults, many of them develop cardiovascular disease, secondary cancers, or both, believed to result from the toxic effects of chemotherapy ...

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