Bone marrow transplantation (BMT) is a sophisticated procedure consisting of the
administration of high-dose chemoradiotherapy followed by intravenous infusion of …

Nutrition support for the patient with cancer is an important part of the overall treatment
regimen. Nutrition support for the child with cancer poses a special challenge. For the …

The child with a malignancy frequently will have associated cachexia with significant weight
loss and malnutrition. The reasons for this are multifactorial and may be related directly to …

Background Chemotherapy leads to an increase in reactive oxygen species, which stresses
the antioxidant defense system. Children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia rarely are …

Introduction Nutritional assessment is an essential component of the initial assessment of
children with cancer. Malnutrition may be present at diagnosis due to the effects of the …

Background. Nutrients may interfere with physiological and pathophysiologic mechanisms.
The present study was aimed at evaluating whether the differences in the quality of energy …

Nutritional status of 44 children with newly diagnosed malignancy was evaluated by
anthropometric, hematological and biochemical parameters before initiating therapy and …

Benefits and risks of nutrition support were evaluated in 31 malnourished children with
newly diagnosed Wilms' tumor managed according to the third National Wilms' Tumor Study …

The physiologic consequences of malnutrition in children with cancer are reviewed. It is
stressed that the child with cancer has a nutritional state that is no different from the average …

Background: As children have a higher metabolic rate and higher calorie needs for growth,
they are more susceptible to nutritional depletion than adults. We aimed to assess the …