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Health-Related Quality Of Life (Hr-Qol) And Chronic Health Conditions In Survivors Of Childhood Acute Myeloid Leukemia (Aml) With Down Syndrome (Ds): A Report From The Children's Oncology Group., Kris Ann P. Schultz, Lu Chen, Alicia Kunin-Batson, Zhengjia Chen, William G. Woods, A S. Gamis, Toana Kawashima, Kevin C. Oeffinger, H Stacy Stacy Nicholson, Joseph P. Neglia
Health-Related Quality Of Life (Hr-Qol) And Chronic Health Conditions In Survivors Of Childhood Acute Myeloid Leukemia (Aml) With Down Syndrome (Ds): A Report From The Children's Oncology Group., Kris Ann P. Schultz, Lu Chen, Alicia Kunin-Batson, Zhengjia Chen, William G. Woods, A S. Gamis, Toana Kawashima, Kevin C. Oeffinger, H Stacy Stacy Nicholson, Joseph P. Neglia
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Survival rates for children with Down syndrome (DS) and acute myeloid leukemia (AML) are high; however, little is known regarding the health-related quality of life (HR-QOL) of these survivors. Individuals who survived ≥5 years following diagnosis of childhood AML were invited to complete parent or patient-report surveys measuring HR-QOL and chronic health conditions. In total, 26 individuals with DS had a median age at diagnosis of 1.8 years (range, 0.77 to 10.9 y) and median age at interview of 15 years (range, 8.3 to 27.6 y). Participants with DS and AML were compared with AML survivors without DS whose caregiver …