THE TAKEAWAY

In the article accompanying this editorial, Shin et al4 describe a high prevalence of symptoms persisting several years after diagnosis. In particular, they describe the negative influence of these symptom clusters on physical performance and cognition. In future work, it will be important to identify the association between symptoms and underlying diseases such that clinicians can not only monitor and relieve patients of their symptoms but also use these symptoms as guides to investigate the underlying disease pathology and provide effective interventions to address both.

Conception and design: Smita Bhatia

Collection and assembly of data: Smita Bhatia

Data analysis and interpretation: All authors

Manuscript writing: All authors

Final approval of manuscript: All authors

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Symptom Clusters in Childhood Cancer Survivors

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Smita Bhatia

This author is an Associate Editor for Journal of Clinical Oncology. Journal policy recused the author from having any role in the peer review of this manuscript.

Wendy Landier

Research Funding: Merck Sharp & Dohme (Inst)

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