Endocrine consequences of neuroblastoma treatment in children: 20 years' experience of a single center.
J Pediatr Endocrinol Metab
; 32(4): 347-354, 2019 Apr 24.
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Background Neuroblastoma (NBL) is a child neoplasia affecting extracranial tissue of neuroectodermal origin. It accounts for 10% of solid malignancies in children and is characterized by a survival rate approaching 70%, confronting physicians with the emergence of an adult survivor population who have been previously exposed to surgery, cytotoxic drugs, radiation therapy or metaiodobenzylguanidine (MIBG) therapy. All these treatments potentially affect the endocrine system. Our study consists in a retrospective review of late endocrine effects arising in survivors treated for NBL during childhood. Methods The medical files of 47 patients (M/F = 26/21) treated for NBL were reviewed. Collected data consisted of age, height, weight and biological hormonal values at diagnosis and at the last follow-up consultation. The incidence of late effects in our sample was compared to the data from the literature. Results Patients were between 0 and 15.8 years of age at diagnosis (median 1.16 years) and between 1 and 25 years of age at last follow-up (median 16 years). Twenty-six patients were treated with chemotherapy (CT), 11 underwent CT and radiation therapy and five were treated with CT and MIBG therapy. Ten percent of the patients died before reaching the end of therapy. Late effects occurred in 54% of the patients. Thirty-six percent of patients had non-endocrine complications (musculoskeletal, neurological, hematological or hepatic chronic conditions). Endocrine complications (28%) affected mainly patients treated with CT and consisted of gonadal dysfunction (up to 42% patients of over 12 years of age at follow-up) and hypothyroidism (21%). Our analysis revealed that CT had a significant impact on final height (p < 0.05). Conclusions Treatment for childhood malignancies exposes children to late effects affecting the endocrine system. In children treated for NBL, hypothyroidism, gonadal failure and impaired growth appear to be the main endocrine complications. Close follow-up of survivors is thus appropriate.
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Sobreviventes
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Sistema Endócrino
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Transtornos Gonadais
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Transtornos do Crescimento
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Hipotireoidismo
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Neuroblastoma
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Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
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Adolescent
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Child
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Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Infant
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Male
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Newborn
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2019
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