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Aim: Quality of life among childhood cancer survivors is adversely affected due to diagnosis and treatment process and physical/psychosocial late affects after treatment. In this literature review, it is aimed to determine level of quality of life among childhood cancer survivors and the factors affecting quality of life of survivors. Methods: A review was conducted that used the databases PubMed, Medline and Wiley Intersicience. Eight articles were included that were published in English between 2005 and 2014 and determined QOL of childhood cancer survivors. Results: It was determined that survivors who were females, survived from central nervous system tumors, received cranial radiotherapy, had longer survival time and had physical and psychosocial problems was lower quality of life. Conclusion: It was found that quality of life of survivors generally welldefined, however, in line with the physical and psychosocial well-being they were at risk for poor quality of life.
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