Nutritional status and cytokine concentration during chemotherapy in Mexican children: A longitudinal analysis

The literature suggests that up to 46% of children and young adults with cancer become malnourished [1,2]. This prevalence varies considerably among studies, depending on tumor type, disease evolution, treatment, techniques to assess nutritional status, and the definition of undernourishment used [1 –6]. The consequences of malnutrition include an increased risk of complications, a decreased response and tolerance to treatment, and high relapse and low survival rates. In fact, nutritional status is considered to be an important prognosis factor [2,3,7].

Source: Nutrition - July 12, 2018 Category: Nutrition Authors: Lourdes Barbosa-Cort és, Miguel Klunder-Klunder, Mardia López-Alarcón, Hugo Rivera Márquez, Enrique López-Aguilar, Andrea Tapia-Marcial Source Type: research