Childhood brain tumour survivors face mental issues

Childhood brain tumour survivors face mental issues

FPJ BureauUpdated: Friday, May 31, 2019, 06:18 PM IST
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New York : Cancer survivors of childhood brain tumours show significant deficits in intelligence, educational achievement and employment, even decades after treatment, reveals a new research, reports IANS.

Survivors treated with a whole brain and spinal cord radiation therapy had nearly three times the risk of severe impairment in intelligence, compared with survivors not treated with radiation; as well as similar impairments in other cognitive skills like attention and memory, the study said.

The survivors were also at nearly four-fold increased risk of severely impaired academic skills, the findings showed. In addition, survivors were more likely to be unemployed and to be living with parents or caretakers, the researchers said.

“Our study was the most comprehensive analysis of a large cohort of adult survivors of pediatric brain tumours, with direct assessment of their cognitive functioning and the resulting impact on social attainment,” said Tara Brinkman from the St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Tennessee, US.

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