Ann C. Mertens

Cause-Specific Late Mortality Among 5-Year Survivors of Childhood Cancer: The Childhood Cancer Survivor Study (2008)

Mertens, Ann C., Liu, Qi, Neglia, Joseph P., Wasilewski, Karen, Leisenring, Wendy, Armstrong, Gregory T., ...

Background The proportion of pediatric and adolescent cancer patients surviving 5 years has increased during the past four decades. This growing population of survivors remains at risk for disease-...

Secondary Sarcomas in Childhood Cancer Survivors: A Report From the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study (2007)

Henderson, Tara O., Whitton, John, Stovall, Marilyn, Mertens, Ann C., Mitby, Pauline, Friedman, Debra, ...

Background Childhood cancer survivors are at increased risk for the development of secondary sarcomas. Exposure to radiation therapy is a known risk factor for the development of these sarcomas....

Premature Menopause in Survivors of Childhood Cancer: A Report From the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study (2006)

Sklar, Charles A., Mertens, Ann C., Mitby, Pauline, Whitton, John, Stovall, Marilyn, Kasper, Catherine, ...

Background: Childhood cancer survivors who retain ovarian function after completing cancer treatment are at increased risk of developing premature menopause, defined as cessation of menses before age...

New Primary Neoplasms of the Central Nervous System in Survivors of Childhood Cancer: a Report From the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study (2006)

Neglia, Joseph P., Robison, Leslie L., Stovall, Marilyn, Liu, Yan, Packer, Roger J., Hammond, Sue, ...

Background: Subsequent primary neoplasms of the central nervous system (CNS) have frequently been described as late events following childhood leukemia and brain tumors. However, the details of the...

Female Survivors of Childhood Cancer: Preterm Birth and Low Birth Weight Among Their Children (2006)

Signorello, Lisa B., Cohen, Sarah S., Bosetti, Cristina, Stovall, Marilyn, Kasper, Catherine E., Weathers, Rita E., ...

Background: Improved survival after childhood cancer raises concerns over the possible long-term reproductive health effects of cancer therapies. We investigated whether children of female childhood...

A Methodological Issue in the Analysis of Second-Primary Cancer Incidence in Long-Term Survivors of Childhood Cancers (2003)

Yasui, Yutaka, Liu, Yan, Neglia, Joseph P., Friedman, Debra L., Bhatia, Smita, Meadows, Anna T., ...

Survival of childhood cancer patients has increased remarkably in the last several decades due to therapeutic improvements. Associated with this progress is the emerging need to accurately...

Second Malignant Neoplasms in Five-Year Survivors of Childhood Cancer: Childhood Cancer Survivor Study (2001)

Neglia, Joseph P., Friedman, Debra L., Yasui, Yutaka, Mertens, Ann C., Hammond, Sue, Stovall, Marilyn, ...

Background: Because survival rates among childhood cancer patients are increasing, assessing the risk of second and subsequent malignant neoplasms (SMNs) is ever more important. Using the Childhood...

Health Care of Young Adult Survivors of Childhood Cancer: A Report from the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study

Oeffinger, Kevin C., Mertens, Ann C., Hudson, Melissa M., Gurney, James G., Casillas, Jacqueline, Chen, Hegang, ...

BACKGROUND We wanted to determine the type of outpatient medical care reported by young adult survivors of childhood cancer and to examine factors associated with limited medical care.

Health Care of Young Adult Survivors of Childhood Cancer: A Report from the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study

Oeffinger, Kevin C., Mertens, Ann C., Hudson, Melissa M., Gurney, James G., Casillas, Jacqueline, Chen, Hegang, ...

BACKGROUND We wanted to determine the type of outpatient medical care reported by young adult survivors of childhood cancer and to examine factors associated with limited medical care.

Body composition, muscle strength deficits and mobility limitations in adult survivors of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia Presented in part at the 2006 American Society of Preventive Oncology (ASPO) Annual Meeting.

Ness, Kirsten K., Baker, K. Scott, Dengel, Donald R., Youngren, Nancy, Sibley, Shalamar, Mertens, Ann C., ...

Background Chronicity of muscle weakness from cancer and its treatment may be problematic, particularly in those treated for cancer during childhood. We compared body composition, muscle strength,...

Cause-specific mortality and second cancer incidence after non-Hodgkin lymphoma: a report from the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study

Bluhm, Elizabeth C., Ronckers, Cécile, Hayashi, Robert J., Neglia, Joseph P., Mertens, Ann C., Stovall, Marilyn, ...

Second primary malignancies and premature death are a concern for patients surviving treatment for childhood lymphomas. We assessed mortality and second malignant neoplasms (SMNs) among 1082 5-year...