title: [Modulation of immunity in cancerous patient : an weapon with double edges?].
abstract: Nutritional support of cancer patients should ideally contribute to improve the immune defence, maintain the protein body pool and sensitize the tumour to oncologic treatments. Such a goal is not easy to achieve, because any nutritional support efficient at stimulating immune response and protein syntheses might also simultaneously stimulate the tumour growth. Contradictory observations have been reported for several nutrients contained in the nutritive solutions available on the market. This is the case for glutamine, arginine, omega-3 fatty acids and nucleotides. Their clinical use during oncologic therapies deserves further testing and analysis.
authors.affiliation: Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève, 1211 Genève 14.
authors.forename: Yves Marc
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Dupertuis
authors.forename: Laurence
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Genton
authors.forename: Christiane
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Uldry
authors.forename: Nadine
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Maisonneuve
authors.forename: Véronique
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Karsegard
authors.forename: Claude
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pichard
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001120:Arginine / Q000008:administration & dosage; D015525:Fatty Acids, Omega-3 / Q000008:administration & dosage; D005973:Glutamine / Q000008:administration & dosage; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000276:immunology* / Q000628:therapy; D009711:Nucleotides / Q000008:administration & dosage; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D015525:Fatty Acids, Omega-3; D009711:Nucleotides; D005973:Glutamine; D001120:Arginine