Here you will find short summaries of the results of published studies in easy-to-understand language.
We will be posting simplified summaries on a regular basis, so that you can access as many of our scientific articles as possible.
Lay Summary of Sven Strebel’s Study What was the aim of our study?When a child has to be treated with platinum chemotherapy due to cancer, hearing can be damaged. In our study, we wanted to find out how many childhood cancer survivors experienced hearing loss after completing platinum chemotherapy and how severe this hearing loss […]
Lay Summary of Luzius Mader’s Study What was the aim of our study?The diagnosis of childhood cancer and the intensive treatment are a great challenge for children and their families. Children often feel the consequences years later. We wanted to find out whether they also change their behavior. To do this, we asked their parents […]
Dietary intake and diet quality of adult survivors of childhood cancer and the general population: results from the SCCSS-Nutrition Study. What did we hope to achieve? We studied former cancer patients to find out what they ate. We wanted to know how good their diet is and if it is influenced by their previous cancer […]