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Daniel V Runco1,2, Lisa Yoon3, Samantha A Grooss4
1Aflac Cancer and Blood Disorders Center, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA.
Abstract:
Brain tumors have been the most common pediatric solid tumor and leading cause of morbidity and mortality. Improved survival emphasizes the importance of adverse treatment effects especially related to nutrition and exercise. Although studies have examined nutrition and exercise outcomes, few randomized trials exist. This narrative review included a systematic literature search with analysis of controlled or single group studies examining clinical and quality-of-life impact of nutrition or exercise interventions. Seven articles were included. Three nutrition studies demonstrated improvement with proactive feeding tubes, nutritional supplementation, and nutritional status. Two exercise studies showed improvement in measures of fitness and neuroanatomy with exercise in pediatric brain tumor survivors; two cohort studies demonstrated a link between quality of life and physical activity. Preliminary studies show nutrition and exercise may improve physical well-being and quality of life, suggesting future controlled studies are warranted to inform clinical care of children with brain tumors.
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