Dr. Jackie Casillas: Late effects of childhood cancer

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Channel: UCLA Health · 2009 · Science & Technology

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Dr. Casillas, Associate Program Director of the UCLA-LIVESTRONG Survivorship Center of Excellence, focuses her research on the various aspects of childhood cancer survivorship. Her study follows how the barriers to long term follow-up care, the pathophysiology of late effects and its increase in mortality, and the psychosocial growth of young adult survivors converge to impact quality of life for survivors.

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