Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
5572158 Clinical Nutrition 2017 38 Pages PDF
Abstract
All cancer patients should be screened regularly for the risk or the presence of malnutrition. In all patients - with the exception of end of life care - energy and substrate requirements should be met by offering in a step-wise manner nutritional interventions from counseling to parenteral nutrition. However, benefits and risks of nutritional interventions have to be balanced with special consideration in patients with advanced disease. Nutritional care should always be accompanied by exercise training. To counter malnutrition in patients with advanced cancer there are few pharmacological agents and pharmaconutrients with only limited effects. Cancer survivors should engage in regular physical activity and adopt a prudent diet.
Related Topics
Health Sciences Medicine and Dentistry Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine
Authors
, , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,