Diet and Nutrition in Cancer Survivorship and Palliative Care
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Diet and Nutrition in Cancer Survivorship and Palliative Care
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...
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عنوان ژورنال: Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1741-427X,1741-4288
DOI: 10.1155/2013/917647