Carcinoembryonic antigen and antibodies to thyroglobulin and to a microsomal fraction of thyroid were measured. Persons examined were normal volunteers, patients with thyroid cancer, and patients with a history of childhood irradiation to the thymus and/or tonsil who were otherwise normal. Elevated antigen and antibodies were most frequently found in the cancer thyroid group. Thyroid cancer pat...

Over 8,500 children under age 15 years are diagnosed with cancer each year in the United States (1). Unlike adults, where epithelial tumors predominate, the most common types of cancer in children include the leukemias and lymphomas and the tumors of the central and sympathetic nervous systems, soft tissue, bone, and kidney. The overall incidence rate for childhood cancers has increased signifi...

Improvements in therapies for childhood cancers have increased the number of survivors. However, with this prolonged survival, the late effects of disease and anti-cancer therapy are becoming increasingly important. Approximately two-thirds of survivors of childhood cancer will have at least one late effect, and about one-third will have a late effect that is severe or life-threatening. A secon...

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To consolidate the literature and provide a model to explain the links among uncertainty, post-traumatic stress syndrome, and health behaviors in adolescent and young adult childhood cancer survivors. DATA SOURCES A systemic review of related literature and theory was used for the proposed model. The literature pertaining to the Uncertainty in Illness Theory, childhood canc...

Cancer is a relatively rare disease in children with an annual frequency of 13-14 in 100.000 children up to 15 years. (3) It accounts for less than 1% of all cancer in industrialised countries. However, cancer represents the second leading cause of childhood death in children 1-14 years old in developed countries, following accidents. In developing countries, infections still represent the majo...