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ASCO: Childhood cancer survivors at risk of post-traumatic stress disorder

2009 ASCO Annual Meeting

29 May - 2 Jun 2009

Published: 18 Jun 2009

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Dr. Margaret Stuber - Los Angeles David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, USA

ASCO press conference: Report shows that the incidence of post-traumatic stress disorder among adult survivors of paediatric cancers was more than four times greater than that of their healthy siblings.

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