Hypoalbuminemia in children with cancer treated with chemotherapy.

Thomas Williams McLeanRyan Michael StewartThomas Patrick CurleyMark Young DewsnupSydney Gillian ThomasThomas Bennett RussellJanet Austin Tooze

Published in: Pediatric blood & cancer (2019)

Hypoalbuminemia prior to starting chemotherapy in pediatric oncology patients is common (nearly half in this cohort). Severe hypoalbuminemia was associated with inferior 5-year RFS in some subgroups.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
newly diagnosed
ejection fraction
chronic kidney disease
locally advanced
young adults
prognostic factors
peritoneal dialysis
palliative care
early onset
papillary thyroid
squamous cell carcinoma
radiation therapy
rectal cancer