Nutritional Management of Cancer Treatment Effects

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Malnutrition and its related symptoms are both frequent and deleterious effects of cancer treatment. Despite the importance of targeted nutritional interventions in ameliorating these effects, however, publications providing up-to-date information on novel nutritional approaches and strategies are lacking. This book is intended to fill the void by describing and evaluating in detail the nutritional strategies that may be employed to alleviate a wide variety of cancer treatment effects. The guidance provided will help to improve the survival and quality of life of cancer patients, and has the potential to dramatically affect how evidence-based clinical practice is established and improved over the coming decade. The author is a distinguished expert in the field who has more than 25 years of experience in oncology nutrition and has been involved in establishing and implementing a Clinical Nutrition Oncology Program.

Author(s): Nagi B. Kumar (auth.)
Edition: 1
Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year: 2012

Language: English
Pages: 302
Tags: Oncology; Clinical Nutrition; General Practice / Family Medicine

Front Matter....Pages i-xvii
Introduction....Pages 1-6
Assessment of Malnutrition and Nutritional Therapy Approaches in Cancer Patients....Pages 7-41
Cancer Anorexia (CA)....Pages 43-64
Cancer Cachexia (CC)....Pages 65-84
Oral Mucositis....Pages 85-106
Nausea and Vomiting in Cancer....Pages 107-130
Cancer-Related Fatigue (CRF)....Pages 131-170
Treatment-Induced Enteritis (Radiation- or Combination Therapy–Induced Enteropathies)....Pages 171-191
Neurocognitive Impairment (NI)....Pages 193-219
Dysfunction of the Bowel/Constipation....Pages 221-244
Dysphagia....Pages 245-270
Alterations in Taste and Smell....Pages 271-294
Back Matter....Pages 295-301