Application of body composition analysis for nutritional assessment in childhood cancer / 国际儿科学杂志

ABSTRACT

Owing to the combined effect of tumor burden and cancer therapy, pediatric patients with tumor with a high incidence of malnutrition.Traditional nutritional indicators(such as weight, body mass index, and albumin, etc)fail to distinguish between adipose tissue and muscle tissue, which has limitations in evaluating the nutritional status of children with tumor.With the rapid development of body composition analysis techniques, the assessment of body composition can not only obtain the objective quality of each component of body mass but also enable longitudinal monitoring of nutritional status, therefore it plays a critical role in the assessment of nutritional status and the development of individualized nutritional support protocols in children with tumor.This review summarizes the application of body composition analysis for nutritional assessment in childhood cancer.