Cancer survivors, siblings miss more school days (Yahoo)

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Cancer survivors, siblings miss more school days (Yahoo)

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08-16-2012, 08:00 PM	#1
NewsBot News Gatherer Community Support Team Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 38,701 My Mood:	Cancer survivors, siblings miss more school days (Yahoo) NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Years after they were first diagnosed, childhood cancer survivors - along with their brothers and sisters - missed twice as many school days as other kids, according to a new study. Researchers found that childhood cancer survivors and their siblings missed - on average - 10 days of school during the 2009 academic year, while other students in the same school district missed an average of five days. ... Read the full article... (From Yahoo Diseases)

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