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Disparities, aging and childhood cancer

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A study reports that survivors of childhood cancer age faster than healthy controls and have increased risk of frailty and death; however, heterogeneity in outcomes was present, indicating inequities in risk. Knowledge about aging in high-risk groups holds the potential to identify interventions to improve survivorship outcomes.

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Fig. 1: Diagram of disparities in aging for childhood cancer survivors.

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The authors were supported in part by National Institutes of Health (NIH) grants R01CA129769, R35CA197289, R35CA283926 and R21AG075008 (J.S.M.), R56AG068086 and R01AG082348 (J.E.C. and J.S.M.) and R01CA237535 (J.E.C.)

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  1. Department of Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences, Cousins Center for Psychoneuroimmunology, Jane and Terry Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    Judith E. Carroll

  2. The Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    Judith E. Carroll

  3. Department of Oncology, Georgetown Lombardi Institute for Cancer and Aging Research, Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA

    Jeanne S. Mandelblatt

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Carroll, J.E., Mandelblatt, J.S. Disparities, aging and childhood cancer. Nat Cancer (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s43018-024-00737-w

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