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Paediatric differentiated thyroid carcinoma: a UK National Clinical Practice Consensus Guideline by Howard, Sasha R, Freeston, Sarah, Harrison, Barney, Izatt, Louise, Natu, Sonali, Newbold, Kate, Pomplun, Sabine, Spoudeas, Helen A, Wilne, Sophie, Kurzawinski, Tom R, Gaze, Mark N

“…This guideline is written as a reference document for clinicians presented with the challenge of managing paediatric patients with differentiated thyroid…”
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Improved adherence and growth outcomes with jet-delivered growth hormone by Michaelidou, Maria, Whitten, Susan, Bajaj, Priti, Knight, Alastair, Spoudeas, Helen A

“…Background We previously reported improved persistence and adherence to daily recombinant growth hormone (rGH) in children using jet transjection delivery…”
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Neuropsychiatric profile of paediatric hypothalamic hamartoma: systematic review and case series by Corbet Burcher, Georgina, Liang, Holan, Lancaster, Rebecca, Cross, J Helen, Tisdall, Martin, Varadkar, Sophia, Spoudeas, Helen A, Caredda, Elisabetta, Bennett, Sophie, Heyman, Isobel

“…Aim To evaluate neuropsychiatric comorbidities in children and adolescents with hypothalamic hamartoma. Method We retrospectively analysed case notes for all…”
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Consensus guideline for the diagnosis and management of pituitary adenomas in childhood and adolescence: Part 2, specific diseases by Korbonits, Márta, Blair, Joanne C., Boguslawska, Anna, Ayuk, John, Davies, Justin H., Druce, Maralyn R., Evanson, Jane, Flanagan, Daniel, Glynn, Nigel, Higham, Claire E., Jacques, Thomas S., Sinha, Saurabh, Simmons, Ian, Thorp, Nicky, Swords, Francesca M., Storr, Helen L., Spoudeas, Helen A.

“…Pituitary adenomas are rare in children and young people under the age of 19 (hereafter referred to as CYP) but they pose some different diagnostic and…”
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Quality of Survival and Growth in Children and Young Adults in the PNET4 European Controlled Trial of Hyperfractionated Versus Conventional Radiation Therapy for Standard-Risk Medulloblastoma by Kennedy, Colin, MBBS, MD, Bull, Kim, PhD, Chevignard, Mathilde, MD, Culliford, David, MSc, Dörr, Helmuth G., MD, Doz, François, MD, Kortmann, Rolf-Dieter, MD, Lannering, Birgitta, MD, Massimino, Maura, MD, Navajas Gutiérrez, Aurora, MD, Rutkowski, Stefan, MD, Spoudeas, Helen A., MD, Calaminus, Gabriele, MD

“…Purpose To compare quality of survival in “standard-risk” medulloblastoma after hyperfractionated radiation therapy of the central nervous system with that…”
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Consensus guideline for the diagnosis and management of pituitary adenomas in childhood and adolescence: Part 1, general recommendations by Korbonits, Márta, Blair, Joanne C., Boguslawska, Anna, Ayuk, John, Davies, Justin H., Druce, Maralyn R., Evanson, Jane, Flanagan, Daniel, Glynn, Nigel, Higham, Claire E., Jacques, Thomas S., Sinha, Saurabh, Simmons, Ian, Thorp, Nicky, Swords, Francesca M., Storr, Helen L., Spoudeas, Helen A.

“…Tumours of the anterior part of the pituitary gland represent just 1% of all childhood (aged <15 years) intracranial neoplasms, yet they can confer high…”
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Intracystic interferon-alpha in pediatric craniopharyngioma patients: an international multicenter assessment on behalf of SIOPE and ISPN by Kilday, John-Paul, Caldarelli, Massimo, Massimi, Luca, Chen, Robert Hsin-Hung, Lee, Yi Yen, Liang, Muh-Lii, Parkes, Jeanette, Naiker, Thuran, van Veelen, Marie-Lise, Michiels, Erna, Mallucci, Conor, Pettorini, Benedetta, Meijer, Lisethe, Dorfer, Christian, Czech, Thomas, Diezi, Manuel, Schouten-van Meeteren, Antoinette Y N, Holm, Stefan, Gustavsson, Bengt, Benesch, Martin, Müller, Hermann L, Hoffmann, Anika, Rutkowski, Stefan, Flitsch, Joerg, Escherich, Gabriele, Grotzer, Michael, Spoudeas, Helen A, Azquikina, Kristian, Capra, Michael, Jiménez-Guerra, Rolando, MacDonald, Patrick, Johnston, Donna L, Dvir, Rina, Constantini, Shlomi, Kuo, Meng-Fai, Yang, Shih-Hung, Bartels, Ute

“…Craniopharyngiomas are frequent hypothalamo-pituitary tumors in children, presenting predominantly as cystic lesions. Morbidity from conventional treatment has…”
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A 40-Year Cohort Study of Evolving Hypothalamic Dysfunction in Infants and Young Children (<3 years) with Optic Pathway Gliomas by Picariello, Stefania, Cerbone, Manuela, D'Arco, Felice, Gan, Hoong-Wei, O'Hare, Patricia, Aquilina, Kristian, Opocher, Enrico, Hargrave, Darren, Spoudeas, Helen A

“…Despite high survival, paediatric optic pathway hypothalamic gliomas are associated with significant morbidity and late mortality. Those youngest at…”
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Long-term cognitive outcome in adult survivors of an early childhood posterior fossa brain tumour by Wagner, Adam P., Carroll, Cliodhna, White, Simon R., Watson, Peter, Spoudeas, Helen A., Hawkins, Michael M., Walker, David A., Clare, Isabel C. H., Holland, Anthony J., Ring, Howard

“…Purpose Posterior fossa brain tumours (PFT) and their treatment in young children are often associated with subsequent cognitive impairment. However, reported…”
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CRAN-40. A NATIONAL UK GUIDELINE FOR MANAGING PITUITARY ADENOMAS IN CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE UNDER 19 YEARS DEVELOPED ACCORDING TO THE AGREE II FRAMEWORK by Blair, Jo, Korbonits, Márta, Ronaldson, Amy, Dang, Mary, Spoudeas, Helen

“…Abstract Pituitary adenomas are usually benign tumours arising from the hormone-secreting cells of the anterior pituitary gland, resulting in excess hormone…”
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Quality of survival assessment in European childhood brain tumour trials, for children aged 5 years and over by Limond, Jennifer A, Bull, Kim S, Calaminus, Gabriele, Kennedy, Colin R, Spoudeas, Helen A, Chevignard, Mathilde P

“…Abstract Introduction There is increasing recognition of the long-term sequelae of brain tumours treated in childhood. Five year survival rates now exceed 75%…”
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Craniopharyngioma in children: trends from a third consecutive single-center cohort study by Marcus, Hani J, Rasul, Fahid T, Hussein, Ziad, Baldeweg, Stephanie E, Spoudeas, Helen A, Hayward, Richard, Jeelani, Noor Ul Owase, Thompson, Dominic, Grieve, Joan P, Dorward, Neil L, Aquilina, Kristian

“…The management of children with craniopharyngioma has evolved over time, with a trend toward less invasive neurosurgical approaches as surgeons have sought to…”
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Management of Cushing syndrome in children and adolescents: experience of a single tertiary centre by Güemes, Maria, Murray, Philip G, Brain, Caroline E, Spoudeas, Helen A, Peters, Catherine J, Hindmarsh, Peter C, Dattani, Mehul T

“…The diagnosis and management of paediatric Cushing syndrome (CS) is highly challenging. This study aims to characterise its presentation, diagnosis, management…”
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Do doctors discuss fertility issues before they treat young patients with cancer? by Anderson, Richard A., Weddell, Annette, Spoudeas, Helen A., Douglas, Carolyn, Shalet, Stephen M., Levitt, Gill, Wallace, W. Hamish B.

“…BACKGROUND Many children treated for cancer are at risk of infertility, but for girls and prepubertal boys, all fertility preservation techniques remain…”
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A new era for optic pathway glioma: A developmental brain tumor with life-long health consequences by Walker, David A, Aquilina, Kristian, Spoudeas, Helen, Pilotto, Chiara, Gan, Hoong-Wei, Meijer, Lisethe

“…Optic pathway and hypothalamic glioma (OPHG) are low-grade brain tumors that arise from any part of the visual pathways frequently involving the hypothalamus…”
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Reduction of Health Status 7 Years After Addition of Chemotherapy to Craniospinal Irradiation for Medulloblastoma: A Follow-Up Study in PNET 3 Trial Survivors—on Behalf of the CCLG (formerly UKCCSG) by BULL, Kim S, SPOUDEAS, Helen A, YADEGARFAR, Ghasem, KENNEDY, Colin R

“…To compare quality of survival after craniospinal irradiation (CSI) alone with survival after CSI plus chemotherapy (CT) for medulloblastoma. Follow-up study…”
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Long-term follow-up of survivors of childhood cancer (SIGN Clinical Guideline 132) by Gan, Hoong-Wei, Spoudeas, Helen A

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Neuroendocrine Morbidity After Pediatric Optic Gliomas: A Longitudinal Analysis of 166 Children Over 30 Years by Gan, Hoong-Wei, Phipps, Kim, Aquilina, Kristian, Gaze, Mark Nicholas, Hayward, Richard, Spoudeas, Helen Alexandra

“…Context: Fifty percent of pediatric low-grade gliomas affect the optic pathway, hypothalamus, and suprasellar areas (OP/HSGs), resulting in significant…”
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Maintaining persistence and adherence with subcutaneous growth-hormone therapy in children: comparing jet-delivery and needle-based devices by Spoudeas, Helen A, Bajaj, Priti, Sommerford, Nathan

“…Persistence and adherence with subcutaneous growth hormone (GH; somatropin) therapy in children is widely acknowledged to be suboptimal. This study aimed to…”
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A Single-Center, Observational Study of 607 Children and Young People Presenting With Differences of Sex Development (DSD) by Man, Elim, Mushtaq, Imran, Barnicoat, Angela, Carmichael, Polly, Hughes, Claire R, Davies, Kate, Aitkenhead, Helen, Amin, Rakesh, Buchanan, Charles R, Cherian, Abraham, Costa, Nikola J, Creighton, Sarah M, Duffy, Patrick G, Hewson, Emma, Hindmarsh, Peter C, Monzani, Louisa C, Peters, Catherine J, Ransley, Philip G, Smeulders, Naima, Spoudeas, Helen A, Wood, Dan, Hughes, Ieuan A, Katugampola, Harshini, Brain, Caroline E, Dattani, Mehul T, Achermann, John C

“…Abstract Context Differences of sex development (DSD) represent a wide range of conditions presenting at different ages to various health professionals…”
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