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ea0036P52 | (1) | BSPED2014

Improving health-related outcomes for childhood craniopharyngiomas with a modern individualised conservative surgical strategy and adjuvant focussed radiation; experience at a single centre (great ormond street hospital – GOSH) 2009–2013

Losa Laura , Gan Hoong-Wei , Ederies Ash , Kuczynski Adam , Bowman Richard , Chan Yen-Ching , Aquilina Kristian , Spoudeas Helen A

Introduction: Craniopharyngiomas are rare, pituitary tumours which, though benign with good survival, carry high neuroendocrine morbidity. Optimum management remains controversial despite a UK consensus strategy (2005).Aim: To study disease- and treatment-related neuroendocrine, visual and cognitive outcomes in our most recent cohort, managed with individualised multidisciplinary decision making to limit hypothalamic morbidity.Pati...

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Improving health-related outcomes for childhood craniopharyngiomas with a modern individualised conservative surgical strategy and adjuvant focussed radiation; experience at a single centre (great ormond street hospital – GOSH) 2009–2013

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