How Can Childhood Cancer Treatment Affect Learning? | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

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07/03/23

Can chemotherapy, radiation and other treatment affect a young patient's learning abilities? Lisa Diller, MD, discusses how childhood cancer treatment can have an impact on school and education.

This video is from a webchat on life after childhood cancer treatment, which was held on Feb. 12, 2015. Watch the entire webchat here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtMxuAmOj-E

Diller is the chief medical officer of Dana-Farber/Boston Children’s Cancer and Blood Disorders Center, professor of pediatrics at Harvard Medical School, and founder/director of the David B. Perini, Jr. Quality of Life Clinic, one of the nation’s oldest programs for survivors of childhood cancer.