Nutritional status and quality of life in patients with acute leukaemia prior to and after induction chemotherapy in three hospitals in <scp>T</scp>ehran, <scp>I</scp>ran: a prospective study

Abstract

A deteriorated nutritional status and quality of life was the result of the side effects posed by induction chemotherapy in the patients investigated in the present study. These findings highlight the need for an appropriate nutritional support programme to improve the nutritional status and quality of life in patients with leukaemia undergoing chemotherapy.