Statural growth impairment and growth hormone deficit as a late effect in childhood medulloblastoma: a comparison of hyperfractionated versus conventionally fractionated craniospinal radiotherapy

Thyroid dysfunction as a late effect in

Thyroid dysfunction as a late effect in survivors of pediatric medulloblastoma/Primitive neuroectodermal tumors : A comparison of hyperfractionated versus conventional radiotherapy

✍ Daisy Chin; Charles Sklar; Bernadine Donahue; Naveen Uli; Nancy Geneiser; Jeffre 📂 Article 📅 1997 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 101 KB 👁 1 views

## Background: Primary hypothyroidism is a common sequela of craniospinal radiotherapy in the treatment of pediatric brain tumors. ## Methods: The authors compared the incidence of primary hypothyroidism after hyperfractionated radiotherapy (hfrt) (n = 14 patients) versus conventionally fractiona