Hypothalamic pituitary dysfunction amongst nasopharyngeal cancer survivors

Pituitary

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 448-455

  Ratnasingam, J ^a   Karim, N ^a   Paramasivam, S S ^a   Ibrahim, L ^a   Lim, L L ^a   Tan, A T B ^a   Vethakkan, S R ^a   Jalaludin, A ^a   Chan, S P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MALAYA MEDICAL CENTRE   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Concurrent chemo irradiation; GH deficiency; Hypothalamic pituitary dysfunction; Nasopharyngeal cancer; Panhypopituitarism; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; HYDROCORTISONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROLACTIN; TESTOSTERONE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION TEST; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN SECRETING CELL; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERPROLACTINEMIA; HYPOPITUITARISM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; INSULIN TOLERANCE TEST; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NASOPHARYNX CANCER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN SECRETING CELL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TSH SECRETING CELL; AGED; BLOOD; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; DEFICIENCY; HYPOGONADISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; ORGANS AT RISK; RADIOTHERAPY; SURVIVOR;

AGED; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPERPROLACTINEMIA; HYPOGONADISM; HYPOPITUITARISM; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; ORGANS AT RISK; PROLACTIN; RADIOTHERAPY; SURVIVORS; TESTOSTERONE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

EID: 84932192572     PISSN: 1386341X     EISSN: 15737403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11102-014-0593-6     Document Type: Article

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