Duration of Overweight/Obesity During Treatment Linked to Worse Outcomes in Pediatric Leukemia Patients

New research on children diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) shows that the longer a patient’s body mass index (BMI) falls within the overweight/obese category during treatment, the greater the risk of relapse and the lower the chance of survival.

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