Cerebral Tumor

Long-term endocrine follow-up is necessary to manage hormone deficiencies

Published in Cancer Weekly, May 27th, 2003

Long-term endocrine follow-up is necessary to manage hormone deficiencies.

"Increasing survival after treatment for childhood cancer in recent years has left many patients with long-term sequelae," scientists writing in the Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health report.

"Following cranial irradiation, changes in hypothalamic-pituitary function evolve over several years and multiple hormone deficiencies are frequently found.

"In the present study we describe a boy whose initial presentation with a cerebral tumor included central precocious puberty," wrote S. Kanumakala and colleagues, Royal Children's Hospital, Department...

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Source: Cancer Weekly (2003-05-27)

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