Executive Function and Psychosocial Adjustment in Adolescent Survivors of Pediatric Brain Tumor

Adolescent survivors of pediatric brain tumor (PBT) are a sparsely studied subset childhood cancer survivors. Sustaining PBT may complicate the development executive functions (EFs), which play vital role in long-term psychosocial adjustment. In this study, 48 adolescent and their parents completed questionnaires assessing EF, psychological symptoms, fatigue, adaptive functioning, 26 underwent neuropsychological assessment. Survivors reported significantly more problems with functioning than healthy control group, was most strongly associated to dysfunction, compared symptoms fatigue. The findings have important implications for follow-ups.