Evaluation of Bone Mineral Density in Children with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL) and Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma (NHL): Chemotherapy with/without Radiotherapy

Evaluation of Bone Mineral Density in Children with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL) and Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma (NHL): Chemotherapy with/without Radiotherapy

Introduction: Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) are the most common malignancies in children and adolescents. Therapies such as corticosteroids, cytotoxic and radiotherapy will have harmful effect on bone mineral density (BMD) which can lead to increased possib...

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Main Authors: Ali Ghassemi, Abdollah Banihashem, Nosrate Ghaemi, Saghi Elmi, Reza Erfani Sayyar, Sam Elmi, Habibollah Esmaeili
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2016-06-01
Series:International Journal of Hematology-Oncology and Stem Cell Research
Subjects:
Bone mineral density
Radiotherapy
Chemotherapy
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL)
Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL)
Online Access:https://ijhoscr.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijhoscr/article/view/540

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