Wasting and short-term outcomes among children with cancer in resource-limited settings: A prospective study in Uganda

• Richard Nyeko ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: rnyeko2@gmail.com

  Affiliations Department of Pediatric and Child Health, Faculty of Medicine, Lira University, Lira, Uganda, Pediatric Oncology Service, Uganda Cancer Institute, Kampala, Uganda

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3859-349X

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• Jaques van Heerden ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Jaques van Heerden, Teresa de Rojas, Anouk Neven

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Pediatric Oncology Service, Uganda Cancer Institute, Kampala, Uganda, Department of Pediatric Hemato-Oncology, Antwerp University Hospital, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium

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• Joyce Balagadde Kambugu ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ JBK, FG and RA also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Pediatric Oncology Service, Uganda Cancer Institute, Kampala, Uganda

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• Fadhil Geriga ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ JBK, FG and RA also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Pediatric Oncology Service, Uganda Cancer Institute, Kampala, Uganda

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• Racheal Angom ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ JBK, FG and RA also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Pediatric Oncology Service, Uganda Cancer Institute, Kampala, Uganda

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• Teresa de Rojas ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Jaques van Heerden, Teresa de Rojas, Anouk Neven

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Arztpraxis Mylife, Fulenbach, Solothurn, Switzerland

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• Anouk Neven

  Contributed equally to this work with: Jaques van Heerden, Teresa de Rojas, Anouk Neven

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Luxembourg Institute of Health, Competence Center for Methodology and Statistics, Strassen, Luxembourg

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