Endocrine Abstracts

Objective: Children with malignant disease are at increased risk of bone disorders, cardiovascular disease and further neoplasia. Vitamin D status may influence this risk and so we assessed Vitamin D levels in children with malignant disease undergoing active treatment or surveillance post-therapy.Study design: This was an outpatient-based cross-sectional study of 60 children with a history of malignancy (cases: median age 11.1 years; range 1.5–24.4...