Abstract:Aims
Over 80% of children with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) achieve long-term survival, thus surveillance for treatment late-effects is important. Chemotherapy schedules without cranial-irradiation are associated with body-mass-index (BMI) increases in ALL survivors which persist at 3 years from end-of-treatment (3YO), particularly in females,1 although no such UK cohort has been followed to final-height. Here, we examined annual changes in height/weight/BMI from 3YO-6YO and at final-height in our publi… Show more
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