Nutrition plays a crucial role in supporting patients receiving
treatment for cancer. Carefully considered nutritional options can
help to manage patients with weight loss and cachexia, support the
patient’s ability to recover from surgery and cope with
treatments such as chemotherapy and radiotherapy. Patients living
with and beyond cancer can also benefit from advice on optimal
nutrition and lifestyle changes.
Edited by Dr Clare Shaw, Consultant Dietitian at The Royal
Ma...
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Contributors.
Preface.
1 Cancer in the twenty-first century (Natalie Doyleand Clare Shaw).
2 Cancer and nutritional status (Alessandro Laviano, Isabella Preziosa and F...
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Dr Clare Shaw, Consultant Dietitian and Head of Rehabilitation Research, The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, Fulham Road, London