F L Loth, B Holzner, M Sztankay, H R Bliem, S Raoufi, G Rumpold, J M Giesinger
Cancer patients' understanding of longitudinal EORTC QLQ-C30 scores presented as bar charts
Patient education and counseling
many children treated cancer experience negative impact academic performance however studies children treated sarcomas investigated academic performance aim explore swedish children treated sarcomas perform academically well adjust life afterwards compared 167 pediatric sarcoma survivors 776 matched nonsibling controls without history cancer retrospective cohort study using data nationwide registries primary outcomes grades end compulsory education high school eligibility postcompulsory education ie education school year 9 employment sickness activity compensation pediatric sarcoma survivors likely ineligible high school odds ratio 176 p 045 likely fail swedish 212 p 046 mathematics 227 p 011 andor physical education 224 p 004 compared controls survivors less likely employed 058 p 027 received sickness activity compensation often 249 p 008 compared controls pediatric sarcoma survivors poorer academic performance compared peers without cancer multiple school subjects survivors seem catch postcompulsory education might struggle find employment