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Oral Nutritional Supplementation in Children Treated for Cancer in Low− and Middle-Income Countries Is Feasible and Effective: the Experience of the Children’s Hospital Manuel De Jesus Rivera “La Mascota” in Nicaragua
Children with cancer are particularly vulnerable to malnutrition, which can affect their tolerance of chemotherapy and outcome. In Nicaragua approximately two-thirds of children diagnosed with cancer present with under-nutrition. A nutritional program for children with cancer has been developed at “...
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Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
2018
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6039078/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30002794 http://dx.doi.org/10.4084/MJHID.2018.038 |
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| author | Peccatori, Nicolò Ortiz, Roberta Rossi, Emanuela Calderon, Patricia Conter, Valentino García, Yesly Biondi, Andrea Espinoza, Darrel Ceppi, Francesco Mendieta, Luvy Melzi, Maria Luisa |
| author_facet | Peccatori, Nicolò Ortiz, Roberta Rossi, Emanuela Calderon, Patricia Conter, Valentino García, Yesly Biondi, Andrea Espinoza, Darrel Ceppi, Francesco Mendieta, Luvy Melzi, Maria Luisa |
| author_sort | Peccatori, Nicolò |
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| description | Children with cancer are particularly vulnerable to malnutrition, which can affect their tolerance of chemotherapy and outcome. In Nicaragua approximately two-thirds of children diagnosed with cancer present with under-nutrition. A nutritional program for children with cancer has been developed at “La Mascota” Hospital. Results of this oral nutritional intervention including difficulties, benefits, and relevance for children treated for cancer in low− and middle-income countries are here reported and discussed. |
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| spelling | pubmed-60390782018-07-12 Oral Nutritional Supplementation in Children Treated for Cancer in Low− and Middle-Income Countries Is Feasible and Effective: the Experience of the Children’s Hospital Manuel De Jesus Rivera “La Mascota” in Nicaragua Peccatori, Nicolò Ortiz, Roberta Rossi, Emanuela Calderon, Patricia Conter, Valentino García, Yesly Biondi, Andrea Espinoza, Darrel Ceppi, Francesco Mendieta, Luvy Melzi, Maria Luisa Mediterr J Hematol Infect Dis Original Article Children with cancer are particularly vulnerable to malnutrition, which can affect their tolerance of chemotherapy and outcome. In Nicaragua approximately two-thirds of children diagnosed with cancer present with under-nutrition. A nutritional program for children with cancer has been developed at “La Mascota” Hospital. Results of this oral nutritional intervention including difficulties, benefits, and relevance for children treated for cancer in low− and middle-income countries are here reported and discussed. Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore 2018-06-23 /pmc/articles/PMC6039078/ /pubmed/30002794 http://dx.doi.org/10.4084/MJHID.2018.038 Text en This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
| spellingShingle | Original Article Peccatori, Nicolò Ortiz, Roberta Rossi, Emanuela Calderon, Patricia Conter, Valentino García, Yesly Biondi, Andrea Espinoza, Darrel Ceppi, Francesco Mendieta, Luvy Melzi, Maria Luisa Oral Nutritional Supplementation in Children Treated for Cancer in Low− and Middle-Income Countries Is Feasible and Effective: the Experience of the Children’s Hospital Manuel De Jesus Rivera “La Mascota” in Nicaragua |
| title | Oral Nutritional Supplementation in Children Treated for Cancer in Low− and Middle-Income Countries Is Feasible and Effective: the Experience of the Children’s Hospital Manuel De Jesus Rivera “La Mascota” in Nicaragua |
| title_full | Oral Nutritional Supplementation in Children Treated for Cancer in Low− and Middle-Income Countries Is Feasible and Effective: the Experience of the Children’s Hospital Manuel De Jesus Rivera “La Mascota” in Nicaragua |
| title_fullStr | Oral Nutritional Supplementation in Children Treated for Cancer in Low− and Middle-Income Countries Is Feasible and Effective: the Experience of the Children’s Hospital Manuel De Jesus Rivera “La Mascota” in Nicaragua |
| title_full_unstemmed | Oral Nutritional Supplementation in Children Treated for Cancer in Low− and Middle-Income Countries Is Feasible and Effective: the Experience of the Children’s Hospital Manuel De Jesus Rivera “La Mascota” in Nicaragua |
| title_short | Oral Nutritional Supplementation in Children Treated for Cancer in Low− and Middle-Income Countries Is Feasible and Effective: the Experience of the Children’s Hospital Manuel De Jesus Rivera “La Mascota” in Nicaragua |
| title_sort | oral nutritional supplementation in children treated for cancer in low− and middle-income countries is feasible and effective: the experience of the children’s hospital manuel de jesus rivera “la mascota” in nicaragua |
| topic | Original Article |
| url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6039078/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30002794 http://dx.doi.org/10.4084/MJHID.2018.038 |
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