Childhood Cancer Survivors: Self-Reported Quality of Life during and after the Cancer Trajectory.

Objective: This cross-sectional study aimed to present how the unique cancer experience in childhood influences young adults' quality of life (QOL).

Methods: Qualitative and quantitative methods were used to code and analyze a study-specific questionnaire (133 items). These data are presented in accordance with a conceptual QOL/health-related QOL model.

Ara-C fever and infections after high-dose ara-C treatment in pediatric lymphoid malignancies.

The objective of this study was to examine the incidence and characteristics of Ara-C-related fever and the frequency and severity of infections after single-drug, high-dose Ara-C treatment (HDAC) in children treated for acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) or non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL). A retrospective review was performed of 169 courses of HDAC administered to 57 patients (age 1.8-17.