ISSN 1662-4009 (online)

ey0016.9-3 | Metabolic and Cardiovascular Risk in Cancer Survivors | ESPEYB16

9.3. Insulin and glucose homeostasis in childhood cancer survivors treated with abdominal radiation: A pilot study

DN Friedman , P Hilden , CS Moskowitz , SL Wolden , ES Tonorezos , Z Antal , D Carlow , S Modak , NK Cheung , KC Oeffinger , CA Sklar

To read the full abstract: Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2018; 65(11): e27304.Observational studies in large cohorts of cancer survivors have reported that cancer survivors exposed to abdominal radiation have an increased risk of both insulin-dependent and non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, with a prolonged latency between radiation exposure and diabetes onset. The irradiation of the pancr...