Clinical, demographic factors, and substance use among Hispanic and non-Hispanic young adult childhood cancer survivors.

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to examine the protective and risk factors of substance use behaviors (tobacco, marijuana, e-cigarette, and alcohol) among young adult childhood cancer survivors. The study focused on clinical (receipt of cancer-related follow-up care, treatment intensity, late effects, depressive symptoms, self-rated health) and demographic (race/ethnicity, neighborhood socioeconomic status) factors and their associations with substance use.

Methods: Participants were from the Project Forward cohort, a population-based study of young adult survivors of childhood cancers.

Substance Use Among Young Adult Survivors of Childhood Cancer With Cognitive Impairment: An Analysis of the Project Forward Cohort.

Purpose: Young adult childhood cancer survivors (YACCSs) are often impacted by cancer-related cognitive impairment (CRCI) and psychological distress. Using the Project Forward Cohort, we evaluated the relationship between CRCI and substance use behaviors.

Methods: YACCSs were surveyed between 2015 and 2018 (N = 1,106, female = 50.

Social networks of oncology clinicians as a means for increasing survivorship clinic referral.

Background: Specialized cancer survivorship clinics are recommended for addressing treatment-related health concerns of long-term survivors, but their relative newness in medical oncology necessitates strategies to expand services and clinic referrals. This study used social network analysis to identify personal and/or network factors associated with referral of patients to a survivorship clinic.

Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional social network survey of clinical personnel at a National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer center.

Beyond depression: correlates of well-being in young adult survivors of childhood cancers.

Purpose: This study investigated the correlates of well-being with psychosocial and clinical factors in young adult childhood cancer survivors (YACCS) above and beyond depressive symptoms.

Methods: Participants were from the Project Forward Cohort, a population-based study of young adult survivors of childhood cancers. Participants (n = 1166, M = 25.

Project Forward: A Population-Based Cohort Among Young Adult Survivors of Childhood Cancers.

Background: Childhood cancer survivors (CCS) face increased risk of morbidity and are recommended to receive lifelong cancer-related follow-up care. Identifying factors associated with follow-up care can inform efforts to support the long-term health of CCS.

Methods: Eligible CCS (diagnosed between 1996 and 2010) identified through the Los Angeles County Cancer Surveillance Program responded to a self-report survey that assessed demographic, clinical, health-care engagement, and psychosocial risk and protective factors of recent (prior 2 years) cancer-related follow-up care.