Preliminary data reveal some degree of nutritional depletion in up to 54% of newly diagnosed children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia in Guatemala. Deaths due to abandonment of therapy and treatment failure were more common in under-nourished than in well-nourished children when nutritional status was determined by arm anthropometry (mid upper arm circumference and triceps skin fold thickness). Given that these measures are less subject to variation between racial/ethnic groups than is the case with height and weight, it is recommended that arm anthropometry become part of the standard of care for children with cancer in developing countries.
Antillon, F., de Maselli, T., Garcia, T., Rossi, E., Sala, A. (2008). Nutritional status of children during treatment for acute lymphoblastic leukemia in the Central American Pediatric Hematology Oncology Association (AHOPCA): preliminary data from Guatemala. PEDIATRIC BLOOD & CANCER, 50(2 Suppl), 502-505 [10.1002/pbc.21398].
Nutritional status of children during treatment for acute lymphoblastic leukemia in the Central American Pediatric Hematology Oncology Association (AHOPCA): preliminary data from Guatemala
ROSSI, EMANUELA;
2008
Abstract
Preliminary data reveal some degree of nutritional depletion in up to 54% of newly diagnosed children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia in Guatemala. Deaths due to abandonment of therapy and treatment failure were more common in under-nourished than in well-nourished children when nutritional status was determined by arm anthropometry (mid upper arm circumference and triceps skin fold thickness). Given that these measures are less subject to variation between racial/ethnic groups than is the case with height and weight, it is recommended that arm anthropometry become part of the standard of care for children with cancer in developing countries.
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