Nutrition in Paediatric Oncology
A special issue of Nutrients (ISSN 2072-6643). This special issue belongs to the section "Clinical Nutrition".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 November 2026 | Viewed by 23
Special Issue Editors
Interests: nutrition and dietetics; paediatrics; autism spectrum disorder; cystic fibrosis; nutrition physiology; nutrition and lifestyle in survivorship
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
On 24 October 2025, the International Society of Paediatric Oncology (SIOP) Nutrition Network, together with Prinses Máxima Center and the International Initiative for Pediatrics and Nutrition (IIPAN), organised the first SIOP Nutrition Research Forum held in Princess Máxima Center for Paediatric Oncology (Utrecht, Netherlands). The event brought together over 50 international experts from high- and low-middle-income countries to define the global nutrition research strategy for paediatric oncology. The forum included presentations on key emerging areas such as body composition, prehabilitation, microbiome and micronutrients, nutritional assessment tools, and guideline development, alongside interdisciplinary sessions linking nutrition with pharmacology, rehabilitation, radiation oncology and ARIA. Discussions culminated in three working groups on prehabilitation, drug dosing and body composition, and Advocacy, each outlining collaborative priorities for the next five years.
This Special Issue will reflect the themes and scientific directions identified at the Forum, focusing on:
- The impact of nutritional status and body composition on treatment outcomes and survival;
- Prehabilitation and rehabilitation strategies to optimise resilience and recovery;
- The role of micronutrients, blended diets, microbiome, and metabolic health in paediatric cancer care;
- Development and validation of nutrition assessment tools across High-, Low- and Medium-Income Countries in diverse settings;
- Global collaboration, advocacy, and policy integration to improve nutrition care in paediatric oncology.
The Special Issue aims to capture this momentum by bringing together original research, systematic reviews and position papers that shape the future of nutritional science and practice in childhood cancer.
Dr. Raquel Revuelta Iniesta
Guest Editor
Dr. Mirjam van den Brink
Guest Editor Assistant
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Keywords
- nutritional status
- body composition
- treatment outcomes
- survival
- prehabilitation
- rehabilitation
- micronutrients
- blended diets
- gut microbiome
- metabolic health
- nutrition assessment tools
- global health
- LMIC–HIC collaboration
- advocacy
- policy integration
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