Long-term childhood cancer survivors who maintained a healthy lifestyle with fewer modifiable heart disease risk factors had a 20% lower risk for mortality compared with those who did not, results of a retrospective study showed. Researchers observed the reduced risk despite overall higher odds of late-term mortality overall among long-term cancer survivors vs. the general population.
Greg Armstrong, MD, MSCE, has been named chair of the department of epidemiology and cancer control at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.Armstrong — a Healio | HemOnc Today Editorial Board member — is recognized for his expertise in childhood cancer survivorship.