Assessment of primary cancers in GH-treated adult hypopituitary patients: an analysis from the Hypopituitary Control and Complications Study

OBJECTIVE: GH and IGFs have mitogenic properties, causing speculation that GH treatment could increase risk of malignancy. While studies in GH-treated childhood cancer survivors have suggested a slight increase in second neoplasms, studies in GH-treated adults have been equivocal. DESIGN: Incidence...

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Autores principales: Child, Christopher J, Zimmermann, Alan G, Woodmansee, Whitney W, Green, Daniel M, Li, Jian J, Jung, Heike, Erfurth, Eva Marie, Robison, Leslie L, on behalf of the HypoCCS International Advisory Board
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioScientifica 2011
Materias:
Clinical Study
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3132593/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21646285
http://dx.doi.org/10.1530/EJE-11-0286

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3132593/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21646285
http://dx.doi.org/10.1530/EJE-11-0286

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