Nutritional status at the moment of diagnosis in childhood cancer patients.

Introduction: Children with a neoplastic disease are highly susceptible to malnutrition. The main objective of the study was to assess the frequency of undernourishment and obesity at the time of the diagnosis of the neoplastic disease at children.

Materials And Methods: The study included 734 patients (58% males) at the age 1-20,25, with the diagnosis of neoplasm in the years 1986-2014.