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Childhood cancer survivors face severe mental health challenges as adults
New reporting highlights that people who survived cancer in childhood face a significantly elevated risk of serious mental health difficulties in adulthood, including depression, anxiety and other psychiatric conditions. The findings point to long-term psychological effects of early cancer diagnosis and treatment, and renew calls for survivors to receive sustained mental health monitoring and support, not just physical follow-up care, well into their adult lives.
Why now: New research or reporting on the lasting psychological toll of childhood cancer is prompting discussion about long-term survivor care.
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