Eating-related disorders in patients with advanced cancer.
Patients with advanced incurable illnesses and their families are frequently concerned about not eating enough and a decline in physical functioning. Eating-related disorders were reviewed for a workshop at the 4th San Salvatore Meeting on Palliative Care in Switzerland, with the purpose of discussing new findings relating to the understanding and treatment of such problems. The topics discussed were patient and family concerns, practical nutritional advice, mechanism and causes of anorexia/cachexia, and assessment and management of eating-related disorders.
Strasser
Florian
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Department of Palliative Care and Rehabilitation Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Blvd, Box 0008, Houston, TX 77030, USA. fstrasser@bluewin.ch
D000855:Anorexia / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D002100:Cachexia / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D003376:Counseling; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D009752:Nutritional Status; D018529:Nutritional Support; D015431:Weight Loss