Bone Abstracts

Improvements in diagnosis, multi-modal therapy and supportive care over the past several decades have resulted in substantial reductions in mortality rates for childhood cancer. Approximately 80% of children diagnosed with cancer are now expected to survive for at least 5 years after initial diagnosis. Nevertheless, improvements in survival rates have not come without cost, with survivors at risk of skeletal morbidities as a result of disturbances in normal bone metabolism dur...

Biographical DetailsDr C Wilson received a PhD in Epidemiology from the University of New South Wales, Australia, in 2008 for research focusing on the late complications of anti-cancer therapies among individuals diagnosed with childhood cancer. She then worked for a short time as study coordinator for the New South Wales Childhood Cancer Survivor Study before coming to work in the Depart...