title: Nutritional support of cancer patients.
abstract: The maintenance of nutritional status in cancer patients is a critical part of the overall care. The cachetic, malnourished patient represents a compromised host that may be less responsive to aggressive antitumor therapy. Assessment and monitoring of nutritional status should begin as soon as the diagnosis is made, as maintenance of good nutritional standing is far easier and less expensive than rehabilitating a depleted patient.
mesh_terms: D002100:Cachexia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D004032:Diet; D004750:Enteral Nutrition; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008487:Medical History Taking; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000178:diet therapy* / Q000628:therapy; D009747:Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D009752:Nutritional Status; D010289:Parenteral Nutrition, Total; D010808:Physical Examination