Survivors of Childhood Cancer at Risk for Developing Hormone Deficiencies as Adults

Friday, February 13, 2015 - 12:30 in Health & Medicine

Decades after undergoing cranial irradiation for childhood cancer, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital investigators found that adult survivors of pediatric cancer remain at risk for pituitary hormone deficiencies that may diminish their health and quality of life. The findings appear in the February 10 edition of the Journal of Clinical Oncology.

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