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48th Meeting of the British Society for Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes

Online, Virtual
24 Nov 2021 - 26 Nov 2021

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Poster Presentations

Late Effects of Cancer Treatment

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Timing of growth hormone initiation is not associated with brain tumour progression

Samaddar Sukla , Wei Gan Hoong

Introduction: Several publications now demonstrate that growth hormone therapy in replacement doses does not increase the future risk of recurrence in brain tumours. However, there is less certainty about the best and safest time to start growth hormone (GH) therapy after completion of primary treatment with recent guidance suggesting that a delay of 1 year is appropriate. We plan to determine if the timing of GH initiation is related to the likelihood of tumour progression. <...