RESUMO
When patients survive cancer, they eventually come back to their primary care physicians. This group has special needs, including surveillance for recurrent and new cancer, health promotion, and interventions to mitigate the lingering effects of the cancer and the adverse effects of its treatment.
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Neoplasias da Mama/diagnóstico , Neoplasias do Colo/diagnóstico , Promoção da Saúde , Papel do Médico , Vigilância da População/métodos , Atenção Primária à Saúde , Neoplasias da Próstata/diagnóstico , Neoplasias da Mama/complicações , Sobreviventes de Câncer , Doenças Cardiovasculares/diagnóstico , Doenças Cardiovasculares/terapia , Neoplasias do Colo/complicações , Fadiga/etiologia , Fadiga/terapia , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Osteoporose/etiologia , Osteoporose/terapia , Neoplasias da Próstata/complicações , Recidiva , Disfunções Sexuais Fisiológicas/etiologia , Disfunções Sexuais Fisiológicas/terapiaRESUMO
This study was conducted to verify, prospectively, the ability of an anatomical risk index (ARI) constructed from seven anatomical measures of cerebral volume and perisylvian asymmetry to predict reading ability in 43 children aged 9 to 18. We found that negative ARIs (low cerebral volume and symmetry) were associated with poor reading ability only in children with low processing speed. Regression analysis showed that anatomy, speed, and an interaction term predicted 53% of the variance in real word reading (p < .0001). Leftward perisylvian asymmetry and larger cerebral volumes may support cognitive flexibility in children with low processing speed.