ea0029p1456 | Pituitary Clinical | ICEECE2012
Siegel S.
, Rosenkranz E.
, Thissen A.
, Piroth M.
, Mertens R.
, Streetz-van-der-Werf C.
, Brabant G.
, Kreitschmann-Andermahr I.
Objective: Brain tumour treatment with radio- and chemotherapy may lead to endocrine and other medical sequelae. Still, many countries lack tailored surveillance programs for such patients so that potential health problems may remain unrecognized. The present study was performed to investigate endocrine and psychosocial impairment in a single centre university setting in Germany in patients treated with cranial radiotherapy as a part of brain tumour or leukaemia treatment....