ESTRO PT 2018

Health Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) in survivors of childhood brain tumors

HRQoL

HRQoL

Healthy Diabetes Proton RT

80.9 76.6 75.9 75.0 68.8 68.5 65.4

50,0 55,0 60,0 65,0 70,0 75,0 80,0 85,0

Obesity Asthma

All cancers Photon RT

All brain Tumors

64.5

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