Table 1.

Tumor types associated with malnutrition for pediatric oncology patients

High risk factor for undernourishment	Moderate risk factor for undernourishment	High risk factor for fat accumulation
Solid tumors with advanced stages	Nonmetastatic solid tumors	Acute lymphoblastic leukemia receiving cranial irradiation
Wilms tumors	Uncomplicated acute lymphoblastic leukemia	Craniopharyngeoma
Neuroblastoma stage III and IV rhabdomyosarcoma	Advanced diseases in remission during maintenance treatment	Malignancies with large and prolonged doses of corticosteroid therapy or other drugs increasing body fat stores
Ewing sarcoma		Total body or abdominal or cranial irradiation
Medulloblastoma
Multiple relapsed leukemia and lymphoma
Head and neck tumors
Post stem cell transplantation (graft vs. host-disease)
Diencephalic tumors