TY - JOUR T1 - Weight gain and height velocity during prolonged first remission from acute lymphoblastic leukaemia. JF - Archives of Disease in Childhood JO - Arch Dis Child SP - 832 LP - 836 DO - 10.1136/adc.60.9.832 VL - 60 IS - 9 AU - C P Sainsbury AU - R G Newcombe AU - I A Hughes Y1 - 1985/09/01 UR - http://adc.bmj.com/content/60/9/832.abstract N2 - A retrospective analysis of the medical records of 86 children in prolonged remission from acute lymphoblastic leukaemia was performed to calculate changes in the rate of increase in height and weight gain. The rate of increase in height decreased during initial treatment, and the potential for final adult height was not regained. Weight gain was excessive; this started during treatment and persisted into the remission years. Values of weight adjusted for height did not return to values found before treatment until eight years after diagnosis. Several factors can account for this weight gain, but there is a practical need to provide dietary advice, particularly when chemotherapy is stopped. ER -