Prevalence of Chronic and Acute Malnutrition and Association With Overall Three‐Year Survival in Newly Diagnosed Children With Cancer in South Africa
ABSTRACT Introduction This study investigated the prevalence of malnutrition at childhood cancer diagnosis in South Africa and the association with 1-year post-diagnosis overall survival (OS). Method Nutritional status was prospectively assessed for newly diagnosed children with cancer. Chronic undernutrition was defined as two standard deviations (SDs) or more below zero for height/length-for-age (HAZ), and acute […]
