Main thing that, having had it happen to me, that I'd worry about w/ L Asparaginase: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4976870/. (In the sense of risk and monitoring, not avoiding use.)
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The treatment absolutely has a lasting impact - often due to the severe side effects of treatment. But even with notable impacts to short term memory and deep concentration I was still able to get a CS degree and work as a SWE.
Something that's shocking to me: the chronic absenteeism rate nationally is about 30%. I barely hit the threshold for that (missing 10% of school) number while going through cancer treatment. It makes me very worried about the direction of the US that so many kids are missing as much school a cancer patient.
It should also be noted that the treatment process is a big burden on families, who will probably not want their child be alone for extended hospital stays, but may need to for work.