Childhood Cancer Survivors
Chapter 10. Hormone-Producing Glands
LISA BASHORE, PhD, APRN, CPNP-PC, CPON
The future enters into us, in order to transform itself in us, long before it happens.
— Rainer-Maria Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet
SOME GLANDS IN OUR BODY produce substances called hormones and are part of the endocrine system. Hormones are released in tiny amounts, but travel throughout the body to direct complicated processes such as growth, puberty, reaction to stress, temperature regulation, and urine output. Damage in the balance of these chemical messengers can profoundly affect both health and quality of life. See Figure 10-1 Male and female glands of the endocrine system.
Table of Contents
All Guides- Acknowledgements
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Preface
- 1. Survivorship
- 2. Emotions
- 3. Relationships
- 4. Navigating The System
- 5. Staying Healthy
- 6. Genetic Testing And Childhood Cancer
- 7. Diseases
- 8. Fatigue
- 9. Brain And Nerves
- 10. Hormone-Producing Glands
- 11. Eyes And Ears
- 12. Head And Neck
- 13. Heart And Blood Vessels
- 14. Lungs
- 15. Kidneys, Bladder, And Genitals
- 16. Liver, Stomach, And Intestines
- 17. Immune System
- 18. Muscles And Bones
- 19. Skin, Breasts, And Hair
- 20. Subsequent Malignancies
- About The Editors