Metabolic disorders in medulloblastoma and acute lymphoblastic leukemia survivors

Autor: Tat'yana Yur'evna Tseloval'nikova, Mariya Gennadievna Pavlova, Aleksey Vadimovich Zilov, Nadezhda Aleksandrovna Mazerkina, Ol'ga Grigor'evna Zheludkova, Irina Alekseevna Aref'eva, Ol'ga Aleksandrovna Medvedeva
Jazyk: English<br />Russian
Rok vydání: 2015
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Zdroj: Ожирение и метаболизм, Vol 12, Iss 3, Pp 3-9 (2015)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2071-8713
2306-5524
DOI: 10.14341/omet201533
Popis: The childhood cancer morbidity has been steadily increasing over the last few decades. However, the recent more effective complex treatment approaches have led to a dramatic improvements in the survival rate in childhood cancers. Currently many childhood cancer survivors require a life-long follow-up. Therefore, today doctors of various specialties are faced with different long-term consequences after the complex treatment for cancer. Among the various complications metabolic disorders should be eparately identified as risk factors for cardiovascular diseases, which are the most frequent causes of death. This article describes the current understanding of the various metabolic changes in the patients after treatment for medulloblastoma and acute lymphoblastic leukemia in childhood, the mechanisms of their development and treatment issues.
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