Acknowledgments
The authors acknowledge the funding support from DST-SERB (Department of Science and Technology – Science and Engineering Research Board) Extramural Research grant: EMR/2016/006376) and ICMR (Indian council of medical research) funding of senior research fellowship (Project no. 2019-6059/CMB/BMS) for this work. The authors also acknowledge every member of the pediatric oncology team of our center including research staff, nurses and dietician for their exemplary clinical services.
Author contributions
Shilpi Chaudhary conceptualized the study, conducted the research, analyzed data and interpreted results and wrote the manuscript. Shuvadeep Ganguly analyzed data, interpreted results and wrote the manuscript. Jayanth Kumar Palanichamy, Archna Singh, Radhika Bakhshi and Anita Chopra conceptualized the study, provided intellectual inputs, administrative support and edited the manuscript. Sameer Bakhshi conceptualized the study, provided administrative support, intellectual inputs, interpreted results, wrote and edited the manuscript. All authors have reviewed and approved the final version of the manuscript.
Disclosure statement
No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.