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A longitudinal study of growth and growth hormone secretion in children during treatment for acute lymphoblastic leukemia

✍ Scribed by Màrky, Idikó ;Mellander, Lotta ;Lannering, Birgitta ;Albertsson-Wikland, Kerstin

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
1991
Tongue
English
Weight
505 KB
Volume
19
Category
Article
ISSN
0098-1532

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✦ Synopsis

Diminished growth rate during treatment for acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is of the multifactorial etiology. Effects on GH secretion have been shown after discontinuation of treatment including prophylactic CNS irradiation. Seventeen children treated for ALL with three different CNS preventive schedules were followed longitudinally with repeated estimations of the spontaneous GH secretion during a 24-month period. No difference was found in GH secretion during this time between patients who had received no radiotherapy and those who had received 18 or 24 Gy as CNS prophylaxis. During dexamethasone treatment the GH secretion was completely suppressed, which can be a mediator for the diminished growth rate during the first 2 years of ALL treatment. We conclude that there is no clinical reason to perform GH analysis within the first 24 months of treatment for ALL.

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