Educational attainment in survivors of childhood cancer in Denmark, Finland, and Sweden.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Survivors of childhood cancer may face difficulties at school. We investigated whether childhood cancer affects attainment of upper secondary education, in a register-based cohort study from Denmark, Finland, and Sweden, where we limit bias from selection and participation.

Methods

From the national cancer registers, we identified all long-term survivors of childhood cancer diagnosed aged 0-14 years in 1971-2005 (n = 7629), compared them to matched population comparisons (n = 35,411) and siblings (n = 6114), using odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI).

Results

Overall, 6127 survivors (80%) had attained upper secondary education by age 25, compared to 84% among comparison groups. Elevated OR for not attaining this level were mainly confined to s

SUBMITTER: Mogensen H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10803319 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature