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← Late Effects of Treatment for Childhood Cancer (PDQ®)

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Hearing problems are a late effect that is more likely to occur after treatment for certain childhood cancers.

Source: Late Effects of Treatment for Childhood Cancer (PDQ®)–Patient Version, National Cancer Institute.

Source updated: February 12, 2025 · Captured 2026-09-09.

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Treatment for these and other childhood cancers may cause hearing late effects:

bone cancer

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brain tumors

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germ cell tumors

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head and neck cancers

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liver cancer

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neuroblastoma

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retinoblastoma

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soft tissue sarcoma

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cancers that are treated with a stem cell transplant

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