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Optimizing endocrine care for survivors of childhood cancer

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.

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Gleeson, H. Optimizing endocrine care for survivors of childhood cancer. Nat Rev Endocrinol 12, 564–565 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrendo.2016.152

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