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ea0027p37 | (1) | BSPED2011

Second primary tumours in young adult survivors of childhood posterior fossa brain tumours and prior therapeutic protocol

Spoudeas Helen A , Gopalakrishnamoorthy Mahalakshmi , Saunders Dawn , Smith Joalida , Mindell Sam

Background: SPT are late effects of childhood PFBT. Low dose radiation scatter at the edge of craniospinal field has traditionally been blamed for meningiomas and thyroid tumours but the effect of chemotherapy, genetic predisposition and GH replacement on their prevalence is less clear.Methods and aims: As part of a descriptive study of long term (>10 years) functional, endocrine and cognitive outcomes in 36 (20 males) adults aged 21.2 (16–32) y...