High unemployment after childhood cancers

(Deutsches Aerzteblatt International) Survivors of childhood cancers are at higher risk of unemployment as adults. One-sixth of the former pediatric cancer patients is unemployed. This is the conclusion drawn from a systematic literature search by Mader and colleagues from the University of Lucerne in the current issue of Deutsches Ä rzteblatt International (Dtsch Arztebl Int 2017; 114: 805-12).
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