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DOI: 10.1590/S0004-27302010000900008
OBJECTIVE: To report the main endocrine effects after cancer treatment in children and adolescents and associate them to the disease and its treatment. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: Clinical and lab evaluation for endocrinopathy was performed in 320 patients after cancer therapy have been followed for six years. RESULTS: The most prevalent endocrine late effects in patients were: 32 patients had short stature, nine of them were under growth hormone therapy. Precocious puberty was found in 14 patients, 10 of them received […]
Keywords: adolescent; cancer survivors; child; endocrine diseases; Neoplasms