Open AccessAssociation Of Low Height With Low Weight Presented During Chemotherapy Treatment In Pediatric Patients In Remission Of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL)
Author(s) -
Ismael LaresAsseff,
nstituto Politécnico Nacional
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
hsoa journal of food science and nutrition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2470-1076
DOI - 10.24966/fsn-1076/100080
Subject(s) - medicine , blood cancer , etiology , lymphoblastic leukemia , incidence (geometry) , pediatrics , pediatric cancer , disease , complete remission , chemotherapy , childhood cancer , leukemia , malignant disease , cancer , acute leukemia , physics , optics
Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL) is the most common pediatric cancer in the world, but especially in developed countries, it is a malignant disease of the white blood cells with a multifactorial etiology that involves an interaction of environmental, genetic and nutritional factors . It is estimated that more than 60% of the patients diagnosed with ALL are children under 15 years of age, with an incidence at 2-5 years.