Cancer Treatment Reviews
Volume 35, Issue 7 , Pages 616-632 , November 2009

Prevalence and risk factors of radiation-induced growth hormone deficiency in childhood cancer survivors: A systematic review

  • Renée L. Mulder

      Affiliations

    • Department of Paediatric Oncology, Emma Children’s Hospital/Academic Medical Center, F8 Noord, P.O. Box 22660, 1100 DD Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +31 20 5666370; fax: +31 20 6912231.
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  • Leontien C.M. Kremer

      Affiliations

    • Department of Paediatric Oncology, Emma Children’s Hospital/Academic Medical Center, F8 Noord, P.O. Box 22660, 1100 DD Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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  • Hanneke M. van Santen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Paediatric Endocrinology, Emma Children’s Hospital/Academic Medical Center, P.O. Box 22700, 1100 DE Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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  • Jan Lucas Ket

      Affiliations

    • Department of Paediatrics, Waterlandziekenhuis, P.O. Box 250, 1440 AG Purmerend, The Netherlands
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  • A.S. Paul van Trotsenburg

      Affiliations

    • Department of Paediatric Endocrinology, Emma Children’s Hospital/Academic Medical Center, P.O. Box 22700, 1100 DE Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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  • Caro C.E. Koning

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Academic Medical Center, P.O. Box 22660, 1100 DD Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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  • Antoinette Y.N. Schouten-van Meeteren

      Affiliations

    • Department of Paediatric Oncology, Emma Children’s Hospital/Academic Medical Center, F8 Noord, P.O. Box 22660, 1100 DD Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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  • Huib N. Caron

      Affiliations

    • Department of Paediatric Oncology, Emma Children’s Hospital/Academic Medical Center, F8 Noord, P.O. Box 22660, 1100 DD Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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  • Sebastian J.C.M.M. Neggers

      Affiliations

    • Department of Paediatric Oncology/Haematology, Erasmus University Medical Center/Sophia Children’s Hospital & Department of Medicine, Section Endocrinology, Erasmus University Medical Center, P.O. Box 2040, 3000 CA Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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  • Elvira C. van Dalen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Paediatric Oncology, Emma Children’s Hospital/Academic Medical Center, F8 Noord, P.O. Box 22660, 1100 DD Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Received 27 February 2009 ,Revised 11 June 2009 ,Accepted 15 June 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.ctrv.2009.06.004

Cancer Treatment Reviews
Volume 35, Issue 7 , Pages 616-632 , November 2009

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