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Volume 15 | ESPEYB15 | Next issue

Yearbook of Paediatric Endocrinology 2018

9 Oncology and chronic disease

Late effects of tumour therapy: good and bad news on prevention strategies

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9.5 Diagnosing and monitoring endocrine dysfunction, diabetes and obesity in a cohort of adult survivors of childhood cancer

VR Hudspeth , SH Gold , DR Clemmons

To read the full abstract: Endocr Pract. 2017;23:1394-1401The study describes an American population of childhood cancer survivors from an unusual but interesting perspective. The authors evaluated the frequency of routine endocrine testing, in addition to the frequency of endocrine dysfunction, diabetes and obesity. The study found that the prevalence of endocrine disorders was significantly lowe...

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9.6 Development of the functional social network index for adolescent and young adult cancer survivors

IC Huang , CM Jones , TM Brinkman , MM Hudson , DK Srivastava , Y Li , LL Robison , KR Krull

To read the full abstract: Cancer. 2018;124:2220-2227The Brief Coping Orientation to Problem Experience (brief COPE) questionnaire was designed to explore the coping strategies used by individuals in response to stress. It has been used to research various populations with chronic health conditions (1). ‘Betweenness centrality’ is a measure of centrality in a graph based on shortest path...