Kirsten K. Ness

Long-Term Outcomes Among Adult Survivors of Childhood Central Nervous System Malignancies in the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study (2009)

Armstrong, Gregory T., Liu, Qi, Yasui, Yutaka, Huang, Sujuan, Ness, Kirsten K., Leisenring, Wendy, ...

Background Adult survivors of childhood central nervous system (CNS) malignancies are at high risk for long-term morbidity and late mortality. However, patterns of late mortality, the long-term risks...

Proximal dentatothalamocortical tract involvement in posterior fossa syndrome (2009)

Morris, E. Brannon, Phillips, Nicholas S., Laningham, Fred H., Patay, Zoltan, Gajjar, Amar, Wallace, Dana, ...

Posterior fossa syndrome is characterized by cerebellar dysfunction, oromotor/oculomotor apraxia, emotional lability and mutism in patients after infratentorial injury. The underlying neuroanatomical...

Metabolic syndrome and growth hormone deficiency in adult survivors of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia Presented in part at the 2005 American Society of Pediatric Hematology Oncology (ASPHO) Annual Meeting, May 14–17, 2005, Washington, DC. (2006)

Gurney, James G., Ness, Kirsten K., Sibley, Shalamar D., O'Leary, Maura, Dengel, Donald R., Lee, Joyce M., ...

BACKGROUND. The purpose of the study was to determine the prevalence of metabolic syndrome, growth hormone deficiency, and cardiovascular risk factors among adult survivors of childhood acute...

Visual, auditory, sensory, and motor impairments in long-term survivors of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation performed in childhood (2006)

Gurney, James G., Ness, Kirsten K., Rosenthal, Joseph, Forman, Stephen J., Bhatia, Smita, Baker, K. Scott

BACKGROUND Because of treatment-related toxicity, research is increasingly being focused on long-term sequelae secondary to hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) in survivor populations....

Health-related quality of life in adult survivors of childhood Wilms tumor or neuroblastoma: A report from the childhood cancer survivor study

Nathan, Paul C., Ness, Kirsten K., Greenberg, Mark L., Hudson, Melissa, Wolden, Suzanne, Davidoff, Andrew, ...

Background Long-term survivors of Wilms tumor and neuroblastoma may experience significant late adverse effects from their disease and its therapy. Little is known, however, about the health-related...

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,...

Diabetes, hypertension, and cardiovascular events in survivors of hematopoietic cell transplantation: a report from the bone marrow transplantation survivor study

Scott Baker, K., Ness, Kirsten K., Steinberger, Julia, Carter, Andrea, Francisco, Liton, Burns, Linda J., ...

We ascertained the prevalence of self-reported late occurrence of diabetes, hypertension, and cardiovascular (CV) disease in 1089 hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) survivors who underwent HCT...

Fatigue and Sleep Disturbance in Adult Survivors of Childhood Cancer: A Report from the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study (CCSS)

Mulrooney, Daniel A., Ness, Kirsten K., Neglia, Joseph P., Whitton, John A., Green, Daniel M., Zeltzer, Lonnie K., ...

Medical Care in Long-Term Survivors of Childhood Cancer: A Report From the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study

Nathan, Paul C., Greenberg, Mark L., Ness, Kirsten K., Hudson, Melissa M., Mertens, Ann C., Mahoney, Martin C., ...