Optimizing endocrine care for survivors of childhood cancer

摘要

The latest report from the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study highlights the effect of cancer therapy on endocrine abnormalities over > 30 years of follow up. Overall, 44% of patients had one endocrine abnormality, 16.7% had two and 6.6% had three or more. The findings highlight the need for long-term endocrine monitoring of these patients.