Clare Frobisher
Institute of Applied Health Research
University of Brimigham
United Kingdom
Biography
Clare Frobisher is a Research Fellow on the British Childhood Cancer Survivor Study (BCCSS). Clare has published over 20 research papers in scientific journals and presented her work at several International and European conferences on the late effects of childhood cancer. Her work from the BCCSS has explored the following areas of research in relation to 5-year survivors of childhood cancer diagnosed between 1940 and 1991 in Britain: risk of any subsequent neoplasm after childhood cancer and in particular the risk of a subsequent bladder tumour; alcohol consumption and smoking behaviours; marriage and divorce rates.
Research Interest
Childhood cancer, survivorship, late effects, psycho-social outcomes, subsequent primary neoplasms.
Publications
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C.E. Rebholz, R.C. Reulen, A. Toogood, C. Frobisher, E.R. Lancashire, D.L. Winter, C.E. Kuehni, M.M. Hawkins. (2011) Health care utilization of long-term survivors of childhood cancer. Journal of Clinical Oncology Vol. 29: No. 31: 4181-4188.
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G Brabant, A.A. Toogood, S.M. Shalet, C. Frobisher, E. Lancashire, R. Reulen, D. Winter, M.M. Hawkins (2012) Hypothyroidism following childhood cancer therapy – An under diagnosed complication. International Journal of Cancer Vol. 130: No. 5: 1145-1150.
