Growth of children with cancer

The results of the present study indicate that it could be worthwhile for future researchers to study growth changes during very short periods of time using knemometry. This would enable them to differentiate more accurately the potentially adverse effect on growth of the separate components of the treatment given. In order to reveal the pathogenesis of the growth retardation, hormone levels will have to be studied. The possibility of measuring growth hormone in urine samples gives the opportunity to investigate growth hormone release at various times during the treatment of an individual patient