Ninth grade school performance in Danish childhood cancer survivors.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Childhood cancer survivors can experience learning problems resulting in lower-than-expected attained education as adults. It is unclear whether learning problems manifest already during adolescence.

Methods

We analysed nationwide Danish registries on school grades for Danish children during 2001-2014. Applying a matched design we compared grades of childhood cancer survivors to children without cancer at ninth grade. We estimated grade differences by subject and its correlation to cancer site and age at diagnosis. The available statistical precision allowed for an analysis of more rare cancer sites.

Results

The total study population was 793 332 children (mean age 15.24 years and 49.7% girls), of whom 1320 were childhood cancer survivors. Lower rank grades

SUBMITTER: Andersen KK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5294489 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature