Childhood Cancer Survivors

The good news is that 80% of children with cancer survive. 

The bad news is that they are three times as likely to develop chronic health conditions as adults according to research at Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York.

"These findings imply that vigorous and long-term monitoring of young cancer survivors, accompanied by early intervention when problems arise, is mandatory," concluded Philip Rosoff of the Duke University School of Medicine, in a journal commentary accompanying the study.