Overweight and obesity as predictors of early mortality in Mexican children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia: a multicenter cohort study

Abstract Background Mexico City has one of the highest incidences and mortality rates of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) in the world and a high frequency of early relapses (17%) and early mortality (15%). Otherwise, childhood overweight and obesity are reaching epidemic proportions. They have be...

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Main Authors: Juan Carlos Núñez-Enríquez, Ana Elena Gil-Hernández, Elva Jiménez-Hernández, Arturo Fajardo-Gutiérrez, Aurora Medina-Sansón, Janet Flores-Lujano, Laura Eugenia Espinoza-Hernández, David Aldebarán Duarte-Rodríguez, Raquel Amador-Sánchez, José Gabriel Peñaloza-González, José Refugio Torres-Nava, Rosa Martha Espinosa-Elizondo, Luz Victoria Flores-Villegas, Laura Elizabeth Merino-Pasaye, María Luisa Pérez-Saldivar, Elisa María Dorantes-Acosta, Beatriz Cortés-Herrera, Karina Anastacia Solis-Labastida, Nora Nancy Núñez-Villegas, Martha Margarita Velázquez-Aviña, Angélica Rangel-López, Ana Itamar González-Ávila, Jessica Denisse Santillán-Juárez, Alejandra Jimena García-Velázquez, Silvia Jiménez-Morales, Vilma Carolina Bekker-Méndez, Haydee Rosas-Vargas, Minerva Mata-Rocha, Omar Alejandro Sepúlveda-Robles, Jorge Alfonso Martín-Trejo, Juan Manuel Mejía-Aranguré
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-07-01
Series:BMC Cancer
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12885-019-5878-8