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Purpose: Obesity is one of the most important late effects that seen in survivors of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia. In this literature review, it is aimed to determine frequency of obesity in survivors of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia and characteristics of survivors. Materials and Methods: Review of the literature was made on Pubmed and Wiley Interscience and 13 studies were examined that conducted between 2003 and 2013. Results: Frequency of obesity in survivors is between 4.6% and 38.2%. The prevalence of obesity showed increases in female and survivors treated high dose cranial radiation therapy and survivors with long-term steroid exposure. Conclusion: It was shown that obesity is the most common late effects in survivors and there has been many late effects such as growth and development problems, cardiac anomalies, hypertension with obesity.
Alan : Sağlık Bilimleri
Dergi Türü : Uluslararası
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