ISSN 1662-4009 (online)

ey0021.9-13 | Growth Problems in Cancer Survivors | ESPEYB21

9.13. GH and childhood-onset craniopharyngioma: when to initiate GH replacement therapy?

A Nguyen Quoc , K Beccaria , Briceno L Gonzalez , G Pinto , D Samara-Boustani , A Stoupa , J Beltrand , A Besancon , C Thalassinos , S Puget , T Blauwblomme , C Alapetite , S Bolle , F Doz , J Grill , C Dufour , F Bourdeaut , S Abbou , L Guerrini-Rousseau , A Leruste , S Brabant , I Cavadias , M Viaud , N Boddaert , M Polak , D Kariyawasam

Brief Summary: This retrospective, observational, single centre study compared the risk of tumor progression or recurrence in 71 patients with childhood-onset craniopharyngioma (CP) who started GH replacement therapy (GHRT) with different latency from the end of tumor treatment.GHRT latency was defined as the time from end of CP treatment (last debulking procedure or radiotherapy, or from CP diagnosis for the 5 patients without any debulking procedure or...