Nutrition plays a crucial role in supporting patients receiving treatment forcancer. Carefully considered nutritional options can help to manage patients with weight loss and cachexia, support the patient’s ability to recover from surgery and cope with treatments such as chemotherapy and radiotherapy. Patients living with and beyond cancer can also benefit from advice on optimal nutrition and lifestyle changes INDICE: Section 1.Chapter 1: The context of cancer.Chapter 2: Treatment ofcancer.Chapter 3: What effect does malnutrition have for cancer patients?.Chapter 4: Nutrition Screening.Chapter 5: Nutritional requirements of cancer patients.Chapter 6: Catering provision for cancer patients.Chapter 7: Nutritional support for cancer patients.Chapter 8: Palliative care.Section 2.Chapter 9: Head and neck cancer.Chapter 10: Cancers of the upper gastrointestinal tract.Chapter 11: Gynae-oncology.Chapter 12: Haemato-oncology.Chapter 13: Paediatric oncology.Chapter 14: Breast cancer.Chapter 15: Prostate cancer.Chapter 16: Lung cancer.Chapter 17: Brain and neurological tumours
- ISBN: 978-1-4051-9042-8
- Editorial: Wiley-Blackwell
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 400
- Fecha Publicación: 03/12/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés