Kathryn P Goggin, Lu Lu, Danielle E Lee, Carrie R Howell, Deokumar Srivastava, Tara M Brinkman, Gregory T Armstrong, Nickhill Bhakta, Leslie L Robison, Mathew J Ehrhardt, Melissa M Hudson, Kevin R Krull, Ching-Hon Pui, Jeffrey Rubnitz, Kirsten K Ness, Joshua Wolf
IMPORTANCE: Children undergoing treatment for leukemia are at increased risk of severe sepsis, a dysregulated immune response to infection leading to acute organ dysfunction. As cancer survivors, they face a high burden of long-term adverse effects. The association between sepsis during anticancer therapy and long-term organ dysfunction in adult survivors of childhood cancer has not been examined. OBJECTIVE: To determine whether severe sepsis during therapy for leukemia in childhood is associated with subsequent chronic health conditions in adult survivors...
March 4, 2024: JAMA Network Open