Nutritional profile of pediatric cancer patients at Cancer Institute, Chennai

Malnutrition is widely prevalent in the pediatric population in India. There is paucity of data on the prevalence of malnutrition in pediatric cancer patients and the impact of cancer treatment on nutritional status of Indian children. The study was conducted to look at the prevalence of malnutritio...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Indian journal of cancer 2015-04, Vol.52 (2), p.207
Hauptverfasser:	Radhakrishnan, V, Ganesan, P, Rajendranath, R, Ganesan, T S, Sagar, T G
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Analysis Body Weight Cancer research Child Child nutrition Child, Preschool Childhood cancer Female Humans India - epidemiology Male Malnutrition - complications Malnutrition - epidemiology Malnutrition - pathology Malnutrition - therapy Nutritional Status Physiological aspects Precision medicine Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma - complications Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma - epidemiology Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma - pathology Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma - therapy
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Zusammenfassung:	Malnutrition is widely prevalent in the pediatric population in India. There is paucity of data on the prevalence of malnutrition in pediatric cancer patients and the impact of cancer treatment on nutritional status of Indian children. The study was conducted to look at the prevalence of malnutrition and assess the impact of treatment on nutritional status of pediatric cancer patients. This was a retrospective study. Data on the weight of pediatric cancer patients
ISSN:	0019-509X 1998-4774
DOI:	10.4103/0019-509X.175841