Educational attainment of childhood cancer survivors: A systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Advances in treatment mean that most children diagnosed with cancer during childhood survive. Therefore, it is increasingly important to examine the long-term consequences of childhood cancer, including educational attainment. This systematic review investigated whether the educational attainment of childhood cancer survivors differ from the cancer-free population.

Design/methods

We searched seven databases for articles published from January 2005 to August 2018. We identified full papers in English, reporting primary data on academic attainment of adult survivors of childhood cancer, compared to a control group. Quality appraisal was conducted using the Newcastle-Ottawa Scale.

Results

Fourteen studies met the inclusion criteria. Nine papers included patien

SUBMITTER: Molcho M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6558589 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature