Survivors of childhood cancer continue to show higher than expected mortality beyond 25 years after their diagnosis, according to a report in the July 14 issue of JAMA.Three-fourths of the excess deaths are due to second primary cancers or circulatory disease, both of which are likely to be late complications of the cancer treatment that these patients received in childhood, said Raoul C. Reulen, Ph.D., of the University of Birmingham in Edgbaston, England, and his associates. Continued monitoring...