Endocrine and metabolic late effects in childhood cancer survivors in Germany: the VersKiK study
Our study highlights the increased vulnerability of CCS to endocrine and metabolic diseases compared to the general population and underscores the need for risk-adapted surveillance during the whole survivorship trajectory.
Authors
- Melanie Klein (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-7651-0641)
- Pietro Trocchi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2348-1105)
- Thomas Ruhnke (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5955-4142)
- Judith Gebauer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4428-8010)
- P Droege
- Ekaterina Aleshchenko (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6338-5014)
- Enno Swart (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3286-2217)
- Hiltrud Merzenich (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7299-3764)
- Dirk Horenkamp‐Sonntag
- Katja Baust (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4980-1138)
- C. Spix
- U. Marschall
- C. Luepkes
- Thorsten Langer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1756-4307)
- Peter Ihle
- Christian Apfelbacher
- Gabriele Calaminus
- Cecile Ronckers
Institutions
- German Cancer Research Center (DE)
- Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (DE)
- Oldenburger Institut für Informatik (DE)
- Heidelberg University (DE)
- University Hospital Bonn (DE)
- Techniker Krankenkasse (Germany) (DE)
- University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (DE)
- BARMER GEK (DE)
- University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein (DE)
- University Hospital Leipzig (DE)
- DAK-Gesundheit (Germany) (DE)
- University Hospital Cologne (DE)
- Wissenschaftliches Institut der AOK (DE)
- Leipzig University (DE)
- University of Lübeck (DE)
- Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- European Journal of Endocrinology
- Published
- 2026-01-15
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ejendo/lvag010
- Primary Topic
- Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00