Review
Open access
Sep 2026
Malnutrition in pediatric oncology critical care: Mechanisms, assessment, and nutrition support
Children with cancer who require pediatric intensive care encounter overlapping metabolic insults from cancer biology, anticancer treatment, and critical illness. These insults may produce a dynamic malnutrition phenotype characterized by impaired intake or absorption, rapid lean-mass loss, micronutrient and electrolyt...
Pei-Yu Huang, Zhiyi Deng
· Cancer Plus · 0 citations