Survivors of standard risk acute lymphoblastic leukemia do not have increased risk for overweight and obesity compared to non-cancer peers: A report from the Children's Oncology Group - Lindemulder, Susan J.; Stork, Linda C.; Bostrom, Bruce; Lu, Xiaomin; Devidas, Meenakshi; Hunger, Stephen; Neglia, Joseph P.; Kadan-Lottick, Nina S. (Pediatric blood & cancer, 2015)
Keywords: Acute lymphoblastic leukemia; Age; Blood cancer; Body Mass Index; Body weight; Cancer; cancer survivors; Cancer therapies; Child; Child, Preschool; Children; Clinical trials; Cohort Studies; Cranial Irradiation - adverse effects; Dexamethasone; Diagnosis; Female; Hematology; Humans; Infant; Lymphatic leukemia; Male; Obesity; Oncology; Overweight; Overweight - etiology; Patients; Pediatric Obesity - etiology; Pediatrics; Population studies; Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma - complications; Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma - mortality; Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma - radiotherapy; Prednisone; Remission; Retrospective Studies; Risk; Survivors; acute lymphoblastic leukemia; cancer survivors; children; body mass index; obesity