Efficacy of Cognitive and Physical Trainings in Pediatric Cancer Survivors

Cancer survival comes at a price: pediatric cancer survivors have a high risk for a wide range of cognitive difficulties, particularly survivors of cancer involving the central nervous system (CNS, e.g., brain tumors \[BT\]) are prone to neurocognitive impairments in areas such as executive functions, working memory, attention, memory, visuospatial and motor skills, processing speed as well as language. The aim of this interdisciplinary longitudinal study is to extend empirical knowledge on training and transfer effects in children with a history of cancer. It is hypothesized that early cognitive and physical interventions affect the remediation of pediatric cancer survivors in terms of cognitive functions. These changes are further hypothesized to be associated with white matter changes.