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ey0015.9-2 | Late consequences of tumour therapy: prevention and monitoring | ESPEYB15

9.2 Anthropometry in Long-Term Survivors of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia in Childhood and Adolescence

L Collins , L Beaumont , A Cranston , S Savoie , T Nayiager , R Barr

To read the full abstract: J Adolesc Young Adult Oncol. 2017;6:294-298The difficulties in defining obesity in childhood cancer survivors have been emphasised. In these patients, body mass index (BMI) has been confirmed to be a poor predictor of body fatness, because of their impaired linear growth, body composition changes (decreased lean mass and fat redistribution) and abdominal adiposity. Th...

ey0020.13-5 | Section | ESPEYB20

13.5. Intermittently scanned continuous glucose monitoring for type 1 diabetes

L Leelarathna , ML Evans , S Neupane , G Rayman , S Lumley , I Cranston , P Narendran , K Barnard-Kelly , CJ Sutton , RA Elliott , VP Taxiarchi , G Gkountouras , M Burns , W Mubita , N Kanumilli , M Camm , H Thabit , EG Wilmot , FLASH-UK Trial Study Group

In Brief: This multicenter, randomised controlled trial in 156 adults (mean age 44 years) with type 1 diabetes (T1D) showed benefits of intermittently scanned continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) (intervention) compared to usual monitoring of blood glucose levels by fingerprick testing on: lower HbA1c (−0.5%; P<0.001), 130 minutes/day longer duration of ‘in target’ glucose levels, and 43 minutes/day shorter time spent with hypoglycaemic blood glucos...