ISSN 1662-4009 (online)

ey0016.9-13 | Cancer Treatment and Growth Disorders | ESPEYB16

9.13. The predictive value of insulin-like growth factor 1 in irradiation-dependent growth hormone deficiency in childhood cancer survivors

A Cattoni , E Clarke , A Albanese

To read the full abstract: Horm Res Paediatr. 2018; 90(5): 314This single-centre, retrospective study analyzes the screening role of low IGF-1 levels in the diagnosis of growth hormone deficiency (GHD) in a cohort of 158 childhood cancer survivors (CCS) and in a selected sub-cohort of 117 CCS who received radiation for tumours not directly involving the hypothalamic-pituitary (HP) area (...