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Beyond Survival

Recently, the way the public and medics view the long-term effects of illness has shifted. COVID-19 was largely responsible, with Long Covid causing a cocktail of late effects demanding attention. Soon after people adapted to the concept of the novel virus itself, they were forced into some semblance of understanding the whole-body impact long after its initial peak.

But for young cancer survivors, long-term effects are nothing new. After all, they present

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