Nutrition during and after cancer therapy.
Diet and nutritional factors play a large role in influencing both the quality and quantity of life after the diagnosis of cancer. The oncology nurse is well-positioned to: 1) help ensure that nutritional needs are met for patients who are newly diagnosed, undergoing active treatment, or have advanced disease; 2) facilitate referral of patients with more intensive nutritional needs to registered dietitians; and 3) promote the importance of weight management and a healthful plant-based diet, low in saturated fat and simple sugars, and high in fruits and vegetables and unrefined whole grains, to patients likely to join the ranks of an ever-expanding population of cancer survivors--who now constitute roughly 4% of the US population and number more than 11 million.
The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center Houston, Texas, USA.
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Demark-Wahnefried
D000428:Alcohol Drinking; D000818:Animals; D001835:Body Weight; D004032:Diet / Q000592:standards; D002523:Edible Grain; D015444:Exercise; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005519:Food Preservation; D005638:Fruit; D006801:Humans; D008460:Meat; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000178:diet therapy* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D015596:Nutrition Assessment; D012982:Sodium, Dietary; D017741:Survivors; D014675:Vegetables
D012982:Sodium, Dietary