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Research Results from Yale University School of Medicine Update Knowledge of Leukemia

Published in Cancer Weekly, June 7th, 2011

2011 JUN 7 -- Investigators publish new data in the report "Neurocognitive functioning in adult survivors of childhood non-central nervous system cancers." According to recent research from New Haven, United States, "We sought to measure self-reported neurocognitive functioning among survivors of non-central nervous system (CNS) childhood cancers, overall and compared with a sibling cohort, and to identify factors associated with worse functioning. In a retrospective cohort study, 5937 adult survivors of non-CNS cancers and 382 siblings completed a validated neuropsychological instrument with subscales in task efficiency, emotional regulation, organization, and memory."

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