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Background: Our research goals were to assess the prevalence of malnutrition in children with cancer, observe malnutrition9s effect on tolerance to chemotherapy, and establish malnutrition at onset as one of the prognostic factors in children with hematological malignancies.

Methods: This prospective study examined children ages 1-15 years with a confirmed diagnosis of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Each child was subjected to a detailed history, anthropometric examination, and laboratory investigations. Based on the anthropometric measurements that used weight-for-age Z scores, we divided the children into 4 groups: group 1, without malnutrition; group 2, mild malnutrition; group 3, moderate malnutrition; and group 4, severe malnutrition. We analyzed data for each group regarding the behavior of blood indices, the quantum of hematological support, bone marrow …