Late‐onset anorectal disease and psychosocial impact in survivors of childhood cancer: A report from the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study

Background The prevalence and associated psychosocial morbidity of late‐onset anorectal disease after surgery and radiotherapy for the treatment of childhood cancer are not known. Methods A total of 25,530 survivors diagnosed between 1970 and 1999 (median age at cancer diagnosis, 6.1 years; age at survey, 30.2 years) and 5036 siblings were evaluated for late‐onset anorectal disease, which was defined as a self‐reported fistula‐in‐ano,...