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Education, employment, insurance, and marital status among 694 survivors of pediatric lower extremity bone tumors

A report from the childhood cancer survivor study

  1. Rajaram Nagarajan M.D., M.S.1,†,*,
  2. Joseph P. Neglia M.D., M.P.H.2,
  3. Denis R. Clohisy M.D.3,
  4. Yutaka Yasui Ph.D.4,
  5. Mark Greenberg M.D.5,
  6. Melissa Hudson M.D.6,
  7. Michael A. Zevon Ph.D.7,
  8. Jean M. Tersak M.D.8,
  9. Arthur Ablin M.D.9,
  10. Leslie L. Robison Ph.D.1

Article first published online: 30 APR 2003

DOI: 10.1002/cncr.11363

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Cancer

Cancer

Volume 97, Issue 10, pages 2554–2564, 15 May 2003

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Nagarajan, R., Neglia, J. P., Clohisy, D. R., Yasui, Y., Greenberg, M., Hudson, M., Zevon, M. A., Tersak, J. M., Ablin, A. and Robison, L. L. (2003), Education, employment, insurance, and marital status among 694 survivors of pediatric lower extremity bone tumors. Cancer, 97: 2554–2564. doi: 10.1002/cncr.11363

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  1. 1

    Division of Pediatric Epidemiology and Clinical Research, Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota

  2. 2

    Division of Hematology/Oncology/Blood and Marrow Transplant, Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota

  3. 3

    Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota

  4. 4

    Cancer Prevention Research Program, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington

  5. 5

    Department of Hematology/Oncology, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

  6. 6

    Department of Hematology/Oncology, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee

  7. 7

    Department of Psychology, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York

  8. 8

    Department of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  9. 9

    Department of Pediatrics, University of California-San Francisco, San Francisco, California

  1. †

    Fax: (612) 626-2815

*Division of Pediatric Epidemiology and Clinical Research, Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota, Mayo Mail Code 484, 420 Delaware St. SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 30 APR 2003
  2. Article first published online: 30 APR 2003
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 21 JAN 2003
  4. Manuscript Revised: 6 JAN 2003
  5. Manuscript Received: 8 NOV 2002

Funded by

  • National Childhood Cancer Fund Research Fellowship (Arcadia, CA)
  • American Society of Clinical Oncology Young Investigator Award (Alexandria, VA)
  • Children's Cancer Research Fund (Minneapolis, MN)
  • National Institutes of Health (Bethesda, MD). Grant Numbers: U24- CA 55727, T32-CA09607

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