Physical frailty deteriorates after a 5-day dexamethasone course in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia, results of a national prospective study.
Emma Jacobine VerwaaijenAnnelienke M van HulstAnnelies HartmanRob PietersMarta FioccoSaskia M F PluijmRaphaële R L van LitsenburgMartha A GrootenhuisErica L T van den AkkerMarry M van den Heuvel-EibrinkPublished in: Cancer medicine (2023)
Physical frailty increased strikingly after a 5-days dexamethasone course in children with ALL. Children with poor physical state at start of the dexamethasone course were more likely to be frail after the course.