Nutrition in children and adolescents with cancer

Cancer is the most common cause of disease-related death in children and adolescents in the United States, and it is becoming a proportionately more common cause of death among young people in developing countries as well. However, cancer is highly curable in young people. In high income countries, the survival rate of children and adolescents with cancer is 80% or higher. However, more than 80% of children live in low and middle income …