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June 11th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda MONDAY, June 11 (HealthDay News) — Many teens and young adults
who survive cancer face other challenges later in life, such as unhealthy
behaviors, chronic medical conditions and poor quality of life, according
to a new report.
The researchers from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention noted that these young people also face barriers to health
care. The study authors said that more should be done to ensure these
young cancer survivors receive the follow-up care they need and are
advised about healthy lifestyle habits.
In conducting the study, researchers led by Dr. Eric Tai, from the
CDC’s Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, examined information
collected in 2009 from an ongoing national telephone survey on health
behaviors.
The investigators collected information from about 4,000 teens and
young adults who were successfully treated for cancer that was diagnosed
when they were aged 15 to 29, and compared it with information from more
than 345,000 people with no history of cancer.
The study, published in the June 11 online edition of the journal
Cancer, revealed that 26 percent of the young people who survived
cancer smoked compared to 18 percent of those who did not have cancer. In
addition, 31 percent of the cancer survivors were obese compared to 27
percent of those who didn’t have cancer.
The cancer survivors also had a higher prevalence of chronic illnesses:
14 percent had heart disease compared to 7 percent of those without
cancer; 35 percent had high blood pressure compared to 29 percent of those
with no history of cancer; and 15 percent had asthma compared to 8 percent
of those who did not have cancer, the researchers found.
The young people who survived cancer also had a higher prevalence of
disability compared to those with no history of cancer (36 percent vs. 18
percent). Moreover, 20 percent of the cancer survivors reported poor
mental health and 24 percent said they had poor physical health compared
to 10 percent of those who did not have cancer.
The study also revealed that 24 percent of young cancer survivors go
without medical care due to cost compared to just 15 percent of those who
did not have cancer as a teenager or young adult.
Doctors should be advised on how to provide proper follow-up care for
these cancer survivors, the researchers suggested, and teenagers and young
adults treated for cancer should be counseled on healthy habits.
“Many of these negative behaviors and characteristics are potentially
modifiable,” Tai concluded in a journal news release.
More information
The U.S. National Cancer Institute has more about the long-term effects
of treatment for childhood cancer.
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