Predictive factors for radiation-induced pituitary damage in pediatric patients with brain tumors
CONCLUSION: Cranial irradiation in pediatric patients is associated with impairment of the physiologic increase in pituitary size; in turn, decreased pituitary height is associated with endocrine dysfunction. We suggest that pituitary gland should be evaluated on surveillance imaging of pediatric brain tumor survivors, and if small for age, clinical endocrine evaluation should be pursued.PMID:38641261 | DOI:10.1016/j.radonc.2024.110268
Source: Radiotherapy and Oncology : journal of the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology - Category: Radiology Authors: Larisa Gorenstein Shai Shrot Michal Ben-Ami Eve Stern Michal Yalon Chen Hoffmann Shani Caspi Michal Lurye Amos Toren Gadi Abebe-Campino Dalit Modan-Moses Source Type: research
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