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Diabetes mellitus in long-term survivors of childhood cancer
Archives of Internal Medicine, 08/25/09
Meacham LR et al.Childhood cancer survivors treated with total body or abdominal irradiation have an increased risk of diabetes that appears unrelated to body mass index or physical inactivity.
Methods- 8599 survivors in the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study
- 2936 randomly selected siblings of the survivors
- DM was reported in 2.5% of the survivors
- DM was reported in 1.7% of the siblings
- Total body irradiation, abdominal irradiation, use of alkylating agents, and younger age at dx increased the risk of DM
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Evaluation of childhood acute leukemia incidence and underreporting in Brazil by capture-recapture methodology
Cancer Epidemiology, 12/08/09
Corticosteroids for acute chest syndrome in children with sickle cell disease: Variation in use and association with length of stay and readmission
American Journal of Hematology, 12/08/09
Treatment of atypical central neurocytoma in a child with high dose chemotherapy and autologous stem cell rescue
Journal of Neuro-Oncology, 12/07/09
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