Health-Related Quality of Life in European Childhood Cancer Survivors: Protocol for a Study Within PanCareLIFE.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Survival after childhood cancer has improved to more than 80% during the last few years, leading to an increased number of childhood cancer survivors. Cancer itself, or its treatment, may cause chronic health conditions, including somatic and mental sequelae, which may affect survivors' health-related quality of life (HRQoL).

Objective

The project PanCareLIFE aims to establish a large database with comprehensive data on childhood cancer survivors from different European countries, including data on HRQoL. Within PanCareLIFE, this study aims to describe HRQoL in survivors, investigate predictors of HRQoL, and describe the association of HRQoL with hearing and female fertility impairment. This paper describes the design of the HRQoL study, the origin of data, strate

SUBMITTER: Calaminus G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7870350 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature