1 40 1 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Citation List Month Backlog URL Address <a href="http://doi.org/10.1002/pbc.20435" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">http://doi.org/10.1002/pbc.20435</a> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Standards of nutritional care in pediatric oncology: results from a nationwide survey on the standards of practice in pediatric oncology. A Children's Oncology Group study Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Pediatric Blood & Cancer Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2006 Subject The topic of the resource Child; Humans; quality of life; Nutritional Failure; Clinical Trials; Guideline Adherence/standards; Guidelines/standards; Malnutrition/diet therapy/etiology; Neoplasms/complications/mortality; Nutrition Surveys; Nutritional Support/methods/standards; Oncologic Nursing/standards Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Ladas EJ; Sacks N; Brophy P; Rogers PC Description An account of the resource BACKGROUND: The prevalence of malnutrition in children with cancer ranges between 8% and 60%. Malnutrition is strongly associated with the nature of treatment and increases an individual's risk of infection. Clinical studies have suggested that nutrition intervention may decrease toxicity and improve survival in the oncology population. In order to identify the standards of practice in the nutritional management of a child with cancer, we conducted an international survey in institutions that are part of the Children's Oncology Group (COG) consortium. PROCEDURE: Surveys were submitted to 233 participating COG institutions. We requested one member in three disciplines complete the survey: physician, registered dietitian, and nurse or nurse practitioner. The survey was returned to the nutrition sub-committee of COG. RESULTS: Fifty-four percent of institutions responded to the survey. We found no consistency in the provision of nutrition services. Assessment of nutritional status does not routinely occur and different indices are employed to indicate the nutrition status of a patient. Institutions rely upon different guidelines when categorizing malnutrition. When nutrition intervention is clinically indicated, a variety of approaches are employed. CONCLUSIONS: This survey did not find standardized nutrition protocols being employed in the pediatric oncology population. The effect of varied nutrition practices on the quality of life, toxicity, and outcome in children with cancer is unknown. Prior to the initiation of clinical trials, uniform guidelines need to be developed and validated. Future clinical trials need to investigate the most efficacious method of nutrition assessment and intervention and its effect on quality of life, toxicity, and survival in children with cancer. 2006 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context <a href="http://doi.org/10.1002/pbc.20435" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">10.1002/pbc.20435</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Article information provided for research and reference use only. PedPalASCNET does not hold any rights over the resource listed here. All rights are retained by the journal listed under publisher and/or the creator(s). Type The nature or genre of the resource Journal Article 2006 Backlog Brophy P Child Clinical Trials Guideline Adherence/standards Guidelines/standards Humans Journal Article Ladas EJ Malnutrition/diet therapy/etiology Neoplasms/complications/mortality Nutrition Surveys Nutritional Failure Nutritional Support/methods/standards Oncologic Nursing/standards Pediatric Blood & Cancer Quality Of Life Rogers PC Sacks N