Neuroendocrine System
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Childhood cancer survivors may have late effects that affect the neuroendocrine system.
Neuroendocrine late effects may include the following:
Childhood cancer survivors who received a stem cell transplant with total-body irradiation (TBI) have an increased risk of growth disorders.
Their risk is affected as follows:
- Low levels of growth hormone are more likely if the survivor:
- Adult height that is shorter than normal is more likely if the survivor:
- is male; or
- received the transplant at a young age; or
- received TBI in a single dose instead of divided doses.
Neuroendocrine late effects may be caused by treatment for certain childhood cancers.
Treatment for these and other childhood cancers may cause neuroendocrine late effects:
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