title: [Quality of life in adolescent survivors of childhood cancer].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess health-related quality of life of adolescent survivors of childhood cancer, compared to adolescent's health-related quality of life who had no history of cancer.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 372 adolescents aged between 14 and 19 years, 34 cancer survivors and a comparison group of 338 peers without a history of cancer, were assessed. All of them filled in the SF-12v(2) in a cross-sectional study.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Survivors revealed significantly higher mean values compared to the normative group for the Mental Component Scale (MCS) from the SF-12v(2) (52,60 vs. 47,85; p=0,004; IC 95%, -7,9--1,6). No significant differences between groups were found for the Physical Component Scale (PCS), even though adolescent survivors of childhood cancer showed higher mean scores (54,03 vs. 52,72).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Adolescent cancer survivors showed a satisfactory quality of life (mean scores around the normative values), and, specifically, they reported greater perception of psychological wellbeing compared to peers.
authors: Departament de Psicologia Bàsica, Evolutiva i de la Educació, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, España.carmina.castellano@uab.cat
authors: Carmina
authors: C
authors: Castellano
authors: Tomás
authors: T
authors: Blasco
authors: Albert
authors: A
authors: Oller
authors: Marta
authors: M
authors: Pérez-Campdepadrós
authors: José
authors: J
authors: Sánchez De Toledo
authors: Lluís
authors: L
authors: Capdevila
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009369:Neoplasms; D011788:Quality of Life; D017741:Survivors; D055815:Young Adult