Diet and nutrition in cancer survivorship and palliative care.
Publication/Presentation Date
1-1-2013
Abstract
The primary goal of palliative cancer care is typically to relieve suffering and improve quality of life. Most approaches to diet in this setting have focused only on eating as many calories as possible to avoid cachexia. However, as the concept of palliative care has evolved to include all aspects of cancer survivorship and not just end of life care, there is an increasing need to thoughtfully consider diet and nutrition approaches that can impact not only quality of life but overall health outcomes and perhaps even positively affect cancer recurrence and progression. In this regard, there has been a recent emphasis in the literature on nutrition and cancer as an important factor in both quality of life and in the pathophysiology of cancer. Hence, the primary purpose of this paper is to review the current data on diet and nutrition as it pertains to a wide range of cancer patients in the palliative care setting.
Volume
2013
First Page
917647
Last Page
917647
ISSN
1741-427X
Published In/Presented At
Bazzan, A. J., Newberg, A. B., Cho, W. C., & Monti, D. A. (2013). Diet and nutrition in cancer survivorship and palliative care. Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM, 2013, 917647. https://doi.org/10.1155/2013/917647
Disciplines
Business Administration, Management, and Operations | Health and Medical Administration | Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods
PubMedID
24288570
Department(s)
Administration and Leadership
Document Type
Article