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AMERICAN PEDIATRICS HEALTHCARE &
PEDIATRIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES CONGRESS
Pediatric Healthcare & Pediatric Infections 2017
M
alnutrition with estimates of prevalence ranging up to
50% is one of main concerns in cancer therapy. It is
thought to increase the risk of morbidity, mortality and early
relapse. Nutrition riskmust bedetermined throughanutrition
screening process. Nutrition assessment is a comprehensive
evaluation carried out by an RDN using medical history,
physical examination laboratory data which must be also
specific for pediatric cancer patients. Nutrition intervention
technique is based on the clinical assessment and the child’s
requirements. Appropriate nutrition delivery either oral or
enteral or even parenteral should be based on individualized
medical nutrition therapy. Is there any other nutrition risk
factor for pediatric cancer patients, except what is happen
for chronic diseases through medical course? Actually
long-term childhood cancer survivors are at higher risk of
developing metabolic syndrome, cardiac complications, or
peak bone mass reduction due to treatment-related side
effects. We explore this by hormonal changes in more than
100 cancer childhood survivor. Undoubtedly these chronic
diseases must be under control through nutrition therapy
to increase insulin sensitivity for these neglected disorders
in cancer childhood survivors. Some other neurologic and
psychiatric problems in these children alsomust be evaluated
by dietitian for better control. So we hope we can present
the main points.
e:
en7cyrus@gmail.comNutritional intervention: Important aspect of treatment in children with cancer
Ehsan Ghaedi
1
, Hesam Es’haghi
2
and
Bahareh Imani
3
1
Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Iran
2
Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran
3
Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Iran