Clinical Challenges: Pediatric ALL in Children With Obesity

Although obesity has been strongly linked to 13 cancers in adults, and is suspected as a risk factor in many hematologic malignancies, the relationship between obesity and childhood cancer is less clear. Experts agree that managing outcomes in young patients with leukemia who are overweight or obese remains a significant clinical challenge.

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