
doi: 10.1200/jco.20.01765
pmid: 33621126
PURPOSE Childhood brain tumor survivors (CBTS) are at risk for developing obesity, which negatively influences cardiometabolic health. The prevalence of obesity in CBTS may have been overestimated in previous cohorts because of inclusion of children with craniopharyngioma. On the contrary, the degree of weight gain may have been underestimated because of exclusion of CBTS who experienced weight gain, but were neither overweight nor obese. Weight gain may be an indicator of underlying hypothalamic-pituitary (HP) dysfunction. We aimed to study prevalence of and risk factors for significant weight gain, overweight, or obesity, and its association with HP dysfunction in a national cohort of noncraniopharyngioma and nonpituitary CBTS. METHODS Prevalence of and risk factors for significant weight gain (body mass index [BMI] change ≥ +2.0 standard deviation score [SDS]), overweight, or obesity at follow-up, and its association with HP dysfunction were studied in a nationwide cohort of CBTS, diagnosed in a 10-year period (2002-2012), excluding all craniopharyngioma and pituitary tumors. RESULTS Of 661 CBTS, with a median age at follow-up of 7.3 years, 33.1% had significant weight gain, overweight, or obesity. Of the CBTS between 4 and 20 years of age, 28.7% were overweight or obese, compared with 13.2% of the general population between 4 and 20 years of age. BMI SDS at diagnosis, diagnosis of low-grade glioma, diabetes insipidus, and central precocious puberty were associated with weight gain, overweight, or obesity. The prevalence of HP dysfunction was higher in overweight and obese CTBS compared with normal-weight CBTS. CONCLUSION Overweight, obesity, and significant weight gain are prevalent in CBTS. An increase in BMI during follow-up may be a reflection of HP dysfunction, necessitating more intense endocrine surveillance.
Adult, Male, Cancer Research, Adolescent, ADULT SURVIVORS, CHILDREN, Weight Gain, Weight Gain/genetics, CANCER SURVIVORS, Young Adult, Risk Factors, Journal Article, Prevalence, Humans, Pituitary Neoplasms, Paediatrics - Radboud University Medical Center, ENDOCRINE, Child, Pituitary Neoplasms/complications, Radboudumc 16: Vascular damage RIMLS: Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Hypothalamic Diseases/complications, Brain Neoplasms, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, MORTALITY, LONG-TERM SURVIVORS, Survival Analysis, BODY-MASS INDEX, Oncology, Brain Neoplasms/complications, DIENCEPHALIC SYNDROME, OBESITY, Child, Preschool, RISK-FACTORS, Female, Hypothalamic Diseases
Adult, Male, Cancer Research, Adolescent, ADULT SURVIVORS, CHILDREN, Weight Gain, Weight Gain/genetics, CANCER SURVIVORS, Young Adult, Risk Factors, Journal Article, Prevalence, Humans, Pituitary Neoplasms, Paediatrics - Radboud University Medical Center, ENDOCRINE, Child, Pituitary Neoplasms/complications, Radboudumc 16: Vascular damage RIMLS: Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Hypothalamic Diseases/complications, Brain Neoplasms, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, MORTALITY, LONG-TERM SURVIVORS, Survival Analysis, BODY-MASS INDEX, Oncology, Brain Neoplasms/complications, DIENCEPHALIC SYNDROME, OBESITY, Child, Preschool, RISK-FACTORS, Female, Hypothalamic Diseases
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