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ArticlePediatric hematology and oncology2021

Association of body mass index with toxicity and survival in pediatric patients treated with cisplatin-containing regimens.

Rusha Bhandari, Elizabeth Scott, Mei Yu Yeh, Kenneth Wong, Teresa Rushing, Winston Huh, Etan Orgel

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Article in Pediatric hematology and oncology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
2.0field-weighted citation impact, top 13% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Body Composition at Diagnosis and Early Response in Pediatric Hodgkin Lymphoma.Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Rusha BhandariCancer and Blood Disease Institute, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Elizabeth ScottKeck School of Medicine of University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Mei Yu YehDepartment of Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Research Design, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Kenneth WongCancer and Blood Disease Institute, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Teresa RushingDepartment of Pharmacy, Children's Hospital of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Winston HuhCancer and Blood Disease Institute, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Etan OrgelCancer and Blood Disease Institute, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA.
University of Southern California · USChildren's Hospital of Los Angeles · US

Funding

Southern California Clinical and Translational Science InstituteUL1TR001855 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI Thomas A Buchanan, Michele D. Kipke · 2016 to 2026
$81.3M
Southern California Clinical and Translational Science InstituteUL1TR000130 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI BUCHANAN, THOMAS A · 2012 to 2015
$36.0M
USC/CHLA Summer Oncology Research Fellowship (SORF) Program for Medical StudentsR25CA225513 · NCI · CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF LOS ANGELES · PI ANAT ERDREICH-EPSTEIN, WIJBE MARTIN KAST · 2019 to 2026
$1.7M
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR000130NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR001855NCI NIH HHS R25 CA225513
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Malnutrition is associated with treatment-related toxicities (TRT) in adults with solid tumors and in children with leukemia. Few studies have assessed whether malnutrition in pediatric patients treated for solid tumors impacts risk for TRT, relapse, and/or survival. To address this knowledge gap, this retrospective study evaluated the association between body mass index (BMI) at diagnosis, and imputed BMI during therapy, on the prevalence of TRT, specific toxicities, relapse, and survival in pediatric patients with solid tumors treated with cisplatin-containing regimens. Kaplan-Meier curves and regression models evaluated the association between patient-specific characteristics (including BMI) and TRT, relapse, and survival. The cohort included 221 patients, of whom 22% were malnourished at diagnosis (10% were underweight and 12% were obese). Most patients (60%) experienced at least one severe TRT, and 30% developed more than one severe TRT. Most patients with obesity at diagnosis remained obese during therapy (62%). In multivariable analysis, obesity at diagnosis was significantly associated with a more than threefold greater risk for developing severe TRT (p = 0.037), specifically for acute or chronic kidney injury (

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AdolescentAntineoplastic AgentsBody Mass IndexChildCisplatinFemaleHumansMaleMalnutritionNeoplasmsObesityProgression-Free SurvivalProportional Hazards ModelsRetrospective StudiesSurvival AnalysisAntineoplastic AgentsCisplatinAdolescent and young adultbody mass indexchildhood cancercisplatinobesity

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PMID33170064
PMCPMC8439118
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