Body composition in long-term survivors of acute lymphoblastic leukemia diagnosed in childhood and adolescence: A focus on sarcopenic obesity.
Christopher J C MarriottLesley F BeaumontTroy H FarncombeAmy N CranstonUma H AthaleValerie N YakemchukColin E WebberRonald D BarrPublished in: Cancer (2017)
Sarcopenic obesity is prevalent in long-term survivors of ALL, and this places them in double jeopardy from excess body fat and inadequate SMM (eg, a combination of metabolic and frailty syndromes). It is associated with an adverse impact on overall HRQL. Cancer 2018;124:1225-31. © 2017 American Cancer Society.
Keyphrases
- body composition
- acute lymphoblastic leukemia
- papillary thyroid
- metabolic syndrome
- insulin resistance
- weight loss
- type diabetes
- young adults
- squamous cell
- childhood cancer
- resistance training
- weight gain
- high fat diet induced
- depressive symptoms
- bone mineral density
- lymph node metastasis
- squamous cell carcinoma
- adipose tissue
- skeletal muscle
- physical activity
- early life