Overcoming Late Effects: The Ongoing Battle of Childhood Cancer Survivors

2023-07-15 10:52:30

Health” “I thought that after the treatment the worst would be behind me, but it’s never over”, immediately loose Jamiro Morciano, 22 years old. Diagnosed with a brain tumor at the age of 14, the young Veveysan is now in remission. But the fight is not over.

Like the other 7,000 Swiss survivors of childhood cancer, Jamiro now has to deal with a very wide spectrum of late effects. Because if four out of five children and adolescents survive their cancer, healing has a cost. About 80% of them later face sequelae that affect not only their health, but also their professional prospects.

“It’s never over.&raq

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