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Rebecca Voelker

JAMA. 2001;285:401.

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Even though many child and adolescent cancer survivors remain well-adjusted during their younger years, a new study reports that about one fifth will experience posttraumatic stress as they become young adults. "Young adulthood is normally a time of increased vulnerability to stress, but especially so with cancer survivors, who are negotiating interpersonal relationships, their ability to have children, and the need to focus on a career," said Wendy Hobbie, CRNP, of Children's Hospital in Philadelphia.

In their study, Hobbie and colleagues completed psychiatric assessments of 78 childhood cancer survivors who ranged in age from 18 to 40. At some point since their cancer treatment ended, 20.5% reported having symptoms that meet the American Psychiatric Association Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders criteria for posttraumatic stress disorder. Anxiety, intrusive thoughts, and avoidance behavior were some of the most common symptoms the survivors reported.

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