Decades after undergoing cranial irradiation for childhood cancer, researchers at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital found that adult survivors of pediatric cancer remain at risk for pituitary hormone deficiencies that may diminish their health and quality of life. The study included 748 St. Jude survivors of leukemia, brain and other cancers whose treatment included brain...
“Your entire practice, cancer has been associated with an aging population, and then you have a young, beautiful, healthy-looking woman like Alisa Secaida come into your office, it's not a surprise that the doctor, their knee-jerk reaction would be like, ‘Maybe just slow down,’” said The Cancer Letter’s Claire Marie Porter.
