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Childhood Cancer Survivor Study
Sponsor: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Summary
The Childhood Cancer Survivor Study (CCSS) will investigate the long-term effects of cancer and its associated therapies. A retrospective cohort study will be conducted through a multi-institutional collaboration, which will involve the identification and active follow-up of a cohort of approximately 50,000 survivors of cancer, diagnosed before 21 years of age, between 1970 and 1999 and 10,000 sibling controls. This project will study children and young adults exposed to specific therapeutic modalities, including radiation, chemotherapy, and/or surgery, who are at increased risk of late-occurring adverse health outcomes. A group of sibling controls will be identified and data collected for comparison purposes.
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
Any - Any
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
50000
Start Date
1995-01-05
Completion Date
2026-11
Last Updated
2025-12-15
Healthy Volunteers
Yes
Conditions
Locations (31)
University of Alabama at Birmingham/Children's of Alabama
Birmingham, Alabama, United States
City of Hope National Medical Center
Duarte, California, United States
Children's Hospital Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California, United States
University of California-Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California, United States
Children's Hospital of Orange County
Orange, California, United States
University of California-San Francisco
San Francisco, California, United States
Stanford University School of Medicine
Stanford, California, United States
Children's Hospital Colorado
Aurora, Colorado, United States
Children's National Medical Center
Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States
Emory University/Children's Health Care of Atlanta
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Ana & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois, United States
University of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Indiana University/Riley Hospital for Children
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
University of Michigan/Mott Children's Hospital
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
Children's Hospitals & Clinics of Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, Minnesota, United States
St. Louis Children's Hospital/The Washington University
St Louis, Missouri, United States
Roswell Park Cancer Institute
Buffalo, New York, United States
Memorial-Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
New York, New York, United States
Nationwide Children's Hospital
Columbus, Ohio, United States
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Memphis, Tennessee, United States
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, Texas, United States
Cook Children's Medical Center
Fort Worth, Texas, United States
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, Texas, United States
Texas Children's Hospital
Houston, Texas, United States
Seattle Children's Hospital
Seattle, Washington, United States
The Hospital for Sick Children
Toronto, Ontario, Canada