Evidence map›Paper›PMID 29068433›Full record

ReviewPediatric research2018

Diet and exercise interventions for pediatric cancer patients during therapy: tipping the scales for better outcomes.

Keri L Schadler, Eugenie S Kleinerman, Joya Chandra

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Review in Pediatric research, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Keri L SchadlerDepartment of Pediatrics Research, Center for Energy Balance in Cancer Prevention and Survivorship, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas.
Eugenie S KleinermanDepartment of Pediatrics Research, Center for Energy Balance in Cancer Prevention and Survivorship, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas.
Joya ChandraDepartment of Pediatrics Research, Center for Energy Balance in Cancer Prevention and Survivorship, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas.

Funding

Tumor Evolution and Metastasis ProgramP30CA016672 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI Fabien Delerue · 1985 to 2026
$290.8M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA016672
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Obesity at diagnosis is a negative prognostic indicator for several pediatric cancers including acute leukemia and bone tumors. Incidence of obesity in children has increased three-fold over the past 2 decades, and causes for this include poor diet, excessive caloric intake, and lack of physical activity, which are collectively referred to as energy balance-related behaviors. Few energy balance interventions have been implemented in pediatric cancer patients during treatment, and here we will probe the rationale for pursuing such studies. The need to modify composition of calories consumed and to identify specific beneficial exercise regimens will be discussed, relative to weight reduction or management.

Indexed as

AnimalsDiet TherapyDisease Models, AnimalExercise TherapyFeasibility StudiesHumansMedical OncologyMiceNeoplasmsPediatric ObesityPediatricsPrognosisTreatment OutcomeWeight Loss

Identifiers

PMID29068433
PMCPMC5865395

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