Abstract
Objective. - To determine the impact of treatment on scholastic performance in the first cohort of survivors of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia who are old enough to have completed their educational experience. Design. - Retrospective cohort study. Setting. - Twenty-three institutions in the Childrens Cancer Group. Subjects. - A total of 593 adult survivors of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia and 409 sibling controls. Outcome Measures. - Enrollment in special programs, grades during high school, graduation from high school, college admission, and college graduation. Results. - After diagnosis, survivors were more likely than their sibling controls to enter a special education (relative risk [RR] =3.4; P
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 1427-1432 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Journal of the American Medical Association |
Volume | 272 |
Issue number | 18 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Nov 9 1994 |
Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Medicine(all)