The study found that childhood cancer survivors were highly likely to face socioeconomic challenges in the long term but could still lead a fulfilling life. The research identified that they have a greater chance of being rejected when seeking employment, for example.
The most distinguishable difference between the childhood cancer survivors and the healthy population was their engagement in unhealthy activities such as the consumption of alcohol, tobacco, and marijuana. For understandable reasons, survivors are less likely to partake in these activities.
“Thanks to advancements in the field, today eight out of 10 children will recover from cancer, and the goal is to reduce the number [of deaths] to zero in the next two decades,” says Miklós Garami, a pediatric oncologist at Semmelweis University’s Pediatric Center, one of the authors of the study.
There is a more significant difference in the data from childhood cancer survivors and their siblings than in the healthy population. For example, there was little difference in the chances of childhood cancer survivors graduating high school, but a more significant difference between the survivors and their siblings.
“We found that CCSs perform consequently worse when compared to their siblings than in comparison with population-based controls,” says lead author Márk Hernádfői, a Ph.D. student at Semmelweis University and resident at MRE Bethesda Children’s Hospital in Budapest. “This highlights the strong influence of the family microenvironment on the fulfilment of social potential,” he adds.
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