Nutritional problems in children treated for medulloblastoma: Implications for enteral nutrition support

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 570-575

  Ward, Evelyn ^a   Hopkins, Monica ^b   Arbuckle, Lesley ^c   Williams, Nicola ^d   Forsythe, Lynette ^d   Bujkiewicz, Sylwia ^e   Pizer, Barry ^b   Estlin, Edward ^d   Picton, Susan ^a  

^a ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Alder Hey   (United Kingdom)

^c ALDER HEY CHILDREN'S NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL MANCHESTER CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Child; Enteral nutrition; Longitudinal study; Medulloblastoma; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CISPLATIN; LOMUSTINE; VINCRISTINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE INFECTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENTERIC FEEDING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; MORBIDITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; MUTISM; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SWALLOWING; VOMITING; WEIGHT CHANGE; WEIGHT REDUCTION; CEREBELLUM TUMOR; GASTROSTOMY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CEREBELLAR NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENTERAL NUTRITION; FEMALE; GASTROSTOMY; HUMANS; MALE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 69849104503     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: 15455017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.22092     Document Type: Article

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