Exploration of Morbidity in a Serial Study of Long-Term Brain Tumor Survivors: A Focus on Pain

PURPOSE: Children surviving brain tumors are frequently identified as having substantially decreased health-related quality of life (HRQL) in cross-sectional studies. This study explored the HRQL of a cohort of such survivors, who were recruited as adolescents and followed for a decade, in order to determine the trajectory of their morbidities. METHOD: Children diagnosed between January 1, 1985, and December 31, 1998, more than 2 years from …