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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-Eibrink
Published 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.
Keyphrases
  • acute lymphoblastic leukemia
  • young adults
  • physical activity
  • mental health
  • low dose
  • high dose
  • community dwelling
  • quality improvement
  • allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
  • acute myeloid leukemia