Abstract:Objective. To study the prevalence of nutritional status (NS) disorders and possible factors affecting these processes in children with central nervous system (CNS) tumors who underwent anti-tumor therapy. Patients and methods. A retrospective analysis of data from 109 patients aged 8 to 17 years (42.2% of boys) was performed, of whom 57.8% had malignant tumors (MT) of the CNS and 42.2% had benign tumors (BT). The post-treatment period was 1 to 58 months. The body mass index (BMI), fat mass index (FMI), fat-fr… Show more
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