Dedicated social support services reduce abandonment and treatment-refusal in pediatric oncology: seven years’ experience from a not-for-profit, referral oncology hospital (Tata Medical Center) in Eastern India

摘要

birth order were associated with increased prevalence of neurocognitivedeficits in the sample population. Other factors including gender, age atassessment, age at initiation of treatment, number of siblings, family type,presence of CNS disease at diagnosis and type of chemotherapy protocolused were not statistically significant. Children with neurocognitive defi-cits had poorer nutrition status at the time of initiation of therapy and atthe time of assessment.