title: [Research progress of nutrition support for patients with lung cancer during chemotherapy].
abstract: Primary lung cancer is one of the most common malignancies. Nowadays, both its morbidity and mortality rank first, patients with lung cancer are often goes with some affiliating symptoms such as malnutrition and weight loss. The side effects of cytotoxicity during chemotherapy may lead to further deteriorate of the nutritional status and worsen the anti-tumor therapy's efficacy and the patients' quality of life. With the development of palliative treatment and the higher request of patients for quality of life, nutritional support will be an important adjunctive treatment to maintain a good nutritional status and enhance the patients' immunity during chemotherapy. It will play an active role in improving tolerability of chemotherapy and prognosis for patients with lung cancer. Here is a review about research progress of nutrition support treatment during chemotherapy for the patients with lung cancer.
authors.affiliation: West China Medical Center of Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China.
authors.forename: Yiqiao
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Luo
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Oncology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China.
authors.forename: Jiang
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhu
mesh_terms: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy*; D011788:Quality of Life
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents