Optimizing nutrition support in cancer care.

نویسنده

  • Kavitha Chandrasekhara Menon
چکیده

Involvement of a multidisciplinary team in cancer care may have added benefits over the existing system of patient management. A paradigm shift in the current patient management would allow more focus on nutritional support, in addition to clinical care. Malnutrition, a common problem in cancer patients, needs special attention from the early days of cancer care to improve quality of life and treatment outcomes. Patient management teams with trained oncology dietitians may provide quality personalized nutritional care to cancer patients.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP

دوره 15 6  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2014