15. Health status and quality of life of long-term survivors of childhood acute leukemia: the impact of central nervous system irradiation.

Joy Benadiba, Gérard Michel, Pascal Auquier, Pascal Chastagner, Justyna Kanold, Maryline Poirée, Dominique Plantaz, Laetitia Padovani, Julie Berbis, Vincent Barlogis, Audrey Contet, Hervé Chambost and Nicolas Sirvent.

J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2015 Mar;37(2):109-16.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24936742/

We evaluated the impact of central nervous system irradiation (CNSI) on long-term health status and quality of life (QoL) of childhood lymphoblastic leukemia survivors included in the French L.E.A. (Childhood and Adolescent Leukemia) multicentric cohort. QoL was self-reported in adults and assessed by parents in children and adolescents, using adapted questionnaires. From 2004 to 2009, 630 nongrafted patients were assessed after 11.8±6.3 years from diagnosis.

Patients receiving CNSI (18.6%) or chemotherapy alone (81.4%) were compared. The risk of having long-term physical effects was increased with CNSI (odds ratio=3.3; 95% confidence interval, 1.8-5.9), especially regarding growth failure, second tumor, cataract, and overweight. QoL did not differ significantly according to the treatment received, despite a tendency toward lower scores with CNSI in children and adolescents (summary score 63.6±13.3 vs. 71.7±12.4, P=0.14).

Compared with French norms, adult survivors had an impaired QoL, especially in mental domains (mental composite score 45.2±9.8 vs. 47.9±2.1, P<0.001). In pediatric survivors, QoL was not impaired and even tended to be higher than population norms (summary score 71.7±12.4 vs. 70.0±4.2, P=0.054), mainly in social and relational domains.

In conclusion, QoL seems to be impaired by the trauma of a life-threatening illness in childhood, as well as by the treatment received.

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