A new study by a team of researchers from the British College University found that children with cancer suffer from medical side effects that continue with them over the years and so are more likely to develop blood, heart and violent cancers later in life by the age of 45.
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The researchers define these findings as a kind of physical response to the cancer or its aggressive treatment, noting that "caregivers of children and their families should discuss these implications with them and tailor a treatment suit and appropriate medical follow-up to their condition."
In fact, according to the data, children who had cancer, even if they recovered successfully, visited doctors up to the age of 45 five times more than children who did not, with the most at risk group being children who underwent radiation or chemotherapy treatments. This group of recipients of chemotherapy or radiation had twice as many hospitalizations up to the age of 45 as children who had just undergone surgery to remove tumors and seven times as many visits to doctors in the fields of blood diseases, heart, cancer and other infections as normal children. The findings also showed that they are at higher risk for developing violent cancer later in life.
The lead author of the scientific paper
Dr. Alvina Lai
says regarding these findings: “On the one hand over 80 percent of children who have had cancer will survive the disease.
However, later in life they face medical needs that are unique to them because of the effect of the disease or its treatment on the body.
It is therefore very important that during treatment these effects be taken into account by the medical staff treating the child and family.
"So any treatment that is given will take into account not only the momentary struggle with the disease but also its consequences for the body for the rest of life."
The study by college university researchers was based on the anonymous data check of 3466 children who had cancer before the age of 25 when these data were compared to the anonymous data of 13517 children who did not get cancer early in life.
Both groups were examined according to all the scientific parameters of socioeconomic status, the sex of the child and sorted out other parameters that could skew the results.
The study also found that children who survived cancer and later developed cardiovascular disease lost an average of 10 years of life compared to children who developed cancer and did not develop these diseases.
Also children who suffered from diseases of the immune system after their cancer lost an average of 6.7 years of life.
Children who later got cancer again lost an average of 11 years of life.
The researchers also found that children who lived in economically weak areas suffered the highest medical burden later in life.
Also children who had cancer and recovered were at increased risk of developing mental illness later in life.
