Communications Medicine (Mar 2022)

Identifying causal relationships of cancer treatment and long-term health effects among 5-year survivors of childhood cancer in Southern Sweden

  • Anders Holst,
  • Jan Ekman,
  • Magnus Petersson-Ahrholt,
  • Thomas Relander,
  • Thomas Wiebe,
  • Helena M. Linge

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s43856-022-00081-z
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 2, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Holst et al. study the relationship between cancer treatments and long-term health effects using registry data on childhood cancer survivors in Sweden. The authors utilize a causal inference approach to establish relationships between certain therapies and viral infections, eye conditions, and reproductive conditions, amongst others.