Journal of Practical Oncology ›› 2024, Vol. 38 ›› Issue (6): 417-420.doi: 10.11904/j.issn.1002-3070.2024.06.010

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Nutritional therapy for cancer patients

LI Qun1,2, SHI Hanping1,2, YANG Liuqing2,3   

  1. 1. The Department of General Surgery/Center for Cancer Nutrition and Metabolism,Beijing Shijitan Hospital,Capital Medical University,Beijing 100038,China;
    2. Key Laboratory of Cancer FSMP for State Market Regulation;
    3. Department of Clinical Nutrition,Beijing Shijitan Hospital,Capital Medical University
  • Received:2024-08-26 Revised:2024-11-14 Online:2024-12-28 Published:2025-01-06

Abstract: Cancer patients are a high risk group for malnutrition.The decreased intake,impaired absorption,abnormal utilization,increased consumption and increased demand are the main causes of malnutrition in oncology patients.Malnutrition can lead to adverse outcomes such as reduced tolerance to anti-cancer therapy,decreased quality of life for patients,shortened survival time,and increased medical costs.Therefore,standardized nutritional therapy for oncology patients should become an important part of comprehensive cancer treatment and be carried out through the entire life cycle of cancer patients.This article describes the indications,timing and duration of nutritional therapy,treatment goals and the five-step therapeutic approaches,the energy and protein requirements of oncology patients,the characteristics of tumor-specific nutritional formulas,and evaluation of the effectiveness of nutritional therapy,in order to provide guidance for clinical nutritional therapy for cancer patients.

Key words: Nutritional therapy, Cancer patients, Metabolic regulation

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