The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore how childhood cancer survivors experience college life. Five undergraduate students who are childhood cancer survivors, aged 19 to 22 years, participated in a 75-minute focus group interview. The survivors attended the same university located in the mid-Atlantic region of the United States. A transcript-based content analysis was used to analyze the data. Four themes and 2 subthemes were generated from the data analysis. Survivors described that the emotional growth they experienced from their cancer experience has provided them some psychological protection in managing the day-to-day challenges of college life and in making informed choices about engaging in high-risk behaviors. As a result of their cancer experience, the findings suggest that these childhood cancer survivors have a strong foundation of self-awareness and self-worth, which has assisted them in making a successful transition into college life and in enjoying positive collegiate experiences.
Download full-text PDF |
Source |
|---|---|
| http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1043454215604816 | DOI Listing |
Publication Analysis
Top Keywords
Similar Publications
Prenatal exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) from contaminated water and risk of childhood cancer in California, 2000-2015.
Environ Epidemiol
February 2025
Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Joe C. Wen School of Population and Public Health, University of California, Irvine, California.
Background: Few studies have investigated associations between per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and childhood cancers. Detectable levels of PFAS in California water districts were reported in the Third Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule for 2013-2015.
Methods: Geocoded residences at birth were linked to corresponding water district boundaries for 10,220 California-born children (aged 0-15 years) diagnosed with cancers (2000-2015) and 29,974 healthy controls.
Metastatic Neuroblastoma Masquerading as Ewing's Sarcoma on X-ray: An Imaging Puzzle in Pediatric Oncology.
J Orthop Case Rep
January 2025
Department of Pathology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences Bhopal, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India.
Introduction: Neuroblastoma is an embryonic tumor of the peripheral sympathetic nervous system. It is the most common extracranial solid tumor of childhood and accounts for up to 15% of all pediatric cancer fatalities. The manifestation of neuroblastoma is variable depending on the location of the tumor and the presence or absence of paraneoplastic syndromes.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFImpact of obesity on outcome in children diagnosed with cancer in Canada: A report from Cancer in Young People in Canada.
Cancer
January 2025
Division of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, Charles-Bruneau Cancer Center, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU) de Sainte-Justine, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Background: Childhood obesity can result in adverse health outcomes. The objectives of this study were to describe the prevalence of obesity and determine the association between obesity at cancer diagnosis and event-free survival (EFS) and overall survival (OS) in children diagnosed with cancer in Canada.
Methods: The authors conducted a retrospective cohort study using the Cancer in Young People in Canada database, including all children with newly diagnosed cancer aged 2-18 years across Canada from 2001 to 2020.
Making the Case for an International Childhood Cancer Data Partnership.
J Natl Cancer Inst
January 2025
Surveillance Research Program, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, MD, USA.
Childhood cancers are a heterogeneous group of rare diseases, accounting for less than 2% of all cancers diagnosed worldwide. Most countries, therefore, do not have enough cases to provide robust information on epidemiology, treatment, and late effects, especially for rarer types of cancer. Thus, only through a concerted effort to share data internationally will we be able to answer research questions that could not otherwise be answered.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAssociations of early life body size and pubertal timing with breast density and postmenopausal breast cancer risk: a mediation analysis.
Ann Epidemiol
January 2025
Center for Clinical Research and Prevention, Copenhagen University Hospital - Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Purpose: Whether breast density mediates associations between early life body size and pubertal timing with postmenopausal breast cancer is underexplored.
Methods: We studied 33,939 Danish women attending the Capital Mammography Screening Program at ages 50-69 years. Early life anthropometry and pubertal timing information came from the Copenhagen School Health Records Register.
Want AI Summaries of new PubMed Abstracts delivered to your In-box?
Enter search terms and have AI summaries delivered each week - change queries or unsubscribe any time!