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USA Today (Society for the Advancement of Education), Feb, 2006
Patients surviving childhood Hodgkin's disease suffer strokes later in life at rates about four times that of the general population, researchers from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, have found by using patient information from a national database. "We were surprised," admits Daniel Bowers, assistant professor of pediatrics.
"We knew there was increased risk of a second cancer--usually breast cancer--and increased risk of heart failure, but stroke was unexpected." He adds, "It's been well-established that childhood cancer survivors have several well-described long-term side effects, including second cancers, learning problems, growth difficulties, and heart damage."
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