Partnership of the Sociedade Brasileira de Oncologia Pediátrica and International Society of Pediatric Oncology to improve nutritional care for children with cancer in Brazil

Karina Viani; Vicente Odone Filho; Sima Ferman; Teresa Cristina Cardoso Fonseca; Vanessa da Cunha Oliveira; Priscila Dos Santos Maia Lemos; Ronald D Barr; Elena J Ladas

doi:10.1016/j.bjhh.2016.10.003

Partnership of the Sociedade Brasileira de Oncologia Pediátrica and International Society of Pediatric Oncology to improve nutritional care for children with cancer in Brazil

Rev Bras Hematol Hemoter. 2017 Jul-Sep;39(3):266-268. doi: 10.1016/j.bjhh.2016.10.003. Epub 2017 Feb 21.

Authors

Karina Viani¹, Vicente Odone Filho², Sima Ferman³, Teresa Cristina Cardoso Fonseca⁴, Vanessa da Cunha Oliveira², Priscila Dos Santos Maia Lemos⁵, Ronald D Barr⁶, Elena J Ladas⁷

Affiliations

¹ Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, SP, Brazil. Electronic address: viani.karina@gmail.com.
² Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
³ Instituto Nacional de Câncer (INCA), Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
⁴ Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz (UESC), Ilhéus, BA, Brazil.
⁵ Universidade Federal de São Paulo (Unifesp), São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
⁶ McMaster Children's Hospital, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
⁷ Columbia University Medical Center, New York, USA.

Abstract

The authors present a proposal of a partnership between the Sociedade Brasileira de Oncologia Pediátrica (SOBOPE) and the International Society of Pediatric Oncology (SIOP) to promote the standardization and improvement of nutritional care of kids under cancer treatment in Brazil. The results of the first meeting in Brazil as well as plans for future meetings are described.

Keywords: Brazil; Low- and middle-income countries; Nutrition; Pediatric oncology.