Childhood Cancer Survivors Sought for Research Study

The Chicago Healthy Living Study is seeking Latino and African American adult survivors of childhood cancers to participate in a one-time in-person interview. The results from this study will be used to develop a program that will help keep these cancer survivors healthy as adults.

This research is conducted by the Health Promotion Research Program within the UIC Institute for Health Research and Policy.

Each year, over 9,000 children are diagnosed with cancer in the United States. More than 75% will be cured. As they grow older, more than half of these survivors will develop other medical conditions related to their cancer treatment, including heart disease, high cholesterol, breast cancer, or thyroid problems. Such conditions depend upon the types of treatment the child was given and the age at which the treatments were given. These conditions can be worsened by lifestyle behaviors, such as high-fat diets, physical inactivity, and smoking.

Little is known about the lifestyle behaviors of adult survivors of childhood cancers. What is known is based on studies of mostly white survivors. Almost nothing is known about ethnic minority adults who survived cancer as children. The Chicago Healthy Living Study aims to address this lack of knowledge.

For more information, see this recruitment flyer or contact Claudia Arroyo, the project coordinator at (312) 413-1996 or CHLS@uic.edu.