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Children who are successfully treated for brain tumours and leukaemia are more likely to have strokes later in life,says a new study.
Childhood cancer survivors,who received higher doses of cranial radiation therapy to kill the cancer,showed greater risk of stroke in later years.It is important because leukaemia and brain tumours are the most common types of childhood cancer,representing more than half of childhood cancers.
Other studies have shown that survivors of childhood leukaemia or brain cancer are also at higher risk for cardiac dysfunction,obesity,short stature,and hormone and neurocognitive deficits.The study found that leukaemia survivors were two to three times more likely to suffer a stroke than their siblings,whereas brain cancer survivors were eight to ten times more prone to have a stroke.