Brain Cancer
First of Its Kind Report on How Children with Brain Tumors Perform at School
Published in Clinical Oncology Week, July 23rd, 2007
While children who have had brain tumors perform worse in school than healthy kids, grades in foreign language are the most affected and girls have a harder time than boys in getting good grades, according to a study published in Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. Researchers say this is the first time the actual grades and subjects of brain tumor survivors have been reported.
“These results will help us identify brain tumor survivors who are at greatest risk for school failure and may need remedial help as early as possible,” said study author P-ivi L-hteenm-ki, MD, PhD, with Turku University Hospital in Turku, Finland.
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