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ENDOCRINOLOGY AND METABOLISM CLINICS OF NORTH AMERICA
Volume 36, Issue 1, Pages 247-+Publisher
W B SAUNDERS CO-ELSEVIER INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecl.2006.11.007
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Increasing numbers of children receive growth hormone (GH) to treat a range of growth disorders, including those rendered GH deficient (GHD) by tumors or their treatment. Young persons with persistent growth hormone deficiency (GHD) and adults with severe GHD are also eligible to receive GH treatment. As in vitro and in vivo studies and epidemiologic observations provide some evidence that the GH-insulin like growth factor-I (IGF-I) axis is associated with tumorigenesis, it is important to assess, in practice, the incidence of tumors related to GH treatment. Reassuringly, surveillance studies in large cohorts of children and in smaller cohorts of adults indicate that GH is not associated with an increased incidence of tumor occurrence or recurrence. Nevertheless, all children who have received GH, in particular cancer survivors and those receiving GH in adulthood, should be in surveillance programs to assess whether an increased rate of late-onset and rare tumours may occur.
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