ESPE Yearbook of Paediatric Endocrinology

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...

To read the full abstract: Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2019 Jun 1;104(2):415–424. inskippeter@gmail.comChildhood cancer survivors (CCSs) are at increased risk to develop thyroid disease, in particular hypothyroidism, nodular disease and thyroid cancer. Hyperthyroidism is less common but may occur after ionizing radiation exposure, even if the causative mechanisms are not completely clarified....

Brief summary: This study evaluated the ability of genetic risk scores to predict severe obesity in adult survivors of childhood cancer. Data from 2548 survivors of European ancestry from the St. Jude Lifetime Cohort Study was analyzed and findings were validated in 6064 survivors from the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study. Survivors with higher genetic risk scores had significantly higher odds of severe obesity. Adding genetic risk scores to prediction models that included canc...

To read the full abstract: Lancet Haematol. 2019 Jun; 6(6): e306.The St Jude Lifetime (SJLIFE) Cohort is a retrospective cohort of childhood cancer survivors (CCS), who are followed prospectively in order to evaluate long-term health outcomes. This study evaluated chronic health conditions in 980 childhood lymphoblastic leukaemia survivors of the SJLIFE cohort, compared to 272 matched co...

To read the full abstract: Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2017;64(6):e26338Through a comprehensive, risk-based clinical assessment and validation of medical events, this study provides a detailed heath status characterization of adult survivors of paediatric non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL). Survivors showed an increased risk of suffering from one or more components of the metabolic syndrome (obesity 35%, hypertens...

Hum Reprod. 2021; 36: 1120–1133. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33582778/This multi-centre retrospective cohort study identifies that common genetic variants in DNA repair genes modify the damage induced by alkylating agents on ovarian function, as assessed by low AMH levels.Alkylating agents are known to induce apoptosis of cancer cells by damaging DNA replicat...

On Behalf Of The PanCareLIFE Consortium. m.e.m.vanderperk@prinsesmaximacentrum.nl Cancers (Basel). 2021; 13: 4598. PMID: 34572825.Brief Summary: This cohort study of female childhood cancer survivors (CCS) identified associations between specific nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) in cytochrome P450 (CYP450) enzymes, which metabolize alkylating agents (AA), and variability in AA-induced o...