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Chapter 40
Medical Nutrition
Therapy for
Cancer
Prevention,
Treatment,
and Recovery
Cancer

When cells divide and reproduce
abnormally and have the potential to
spread throughout the body, crowding out
normal cells and tissues
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One third of the cancer deaths in the
United States each year can be attributed
to nutrition and other lifestyle factors.
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Cancer—Cause
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Cancer—Pathophysiology
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Cancer—Medical and Nutritional Management
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Prevention Factors
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Energy balance and exercise
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Fat
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Protein
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Fiber
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Fruits and vegetables
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Chemoprevention
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Prevention Factors—cont’d
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Alcohol
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Coffee and tea
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Artificial sweeteners
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Nitrates, nitrites, and nitrosamines
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Method of food preparation
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Fruits and Vegetables
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Appear to have a protective effect against
cancer

Thought to be due to the phytoestrogen
and phytochemical content of the plantbased diet
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Fat
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Research, although controversial, has
shown evidence that high-fat diets are
linked to an increased risk of cancer of
the breast, colon, lung, and prostate
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American Cancer Society’s Dietary
Recommendations for Cancer Prevention
1. Eat a variety of healthful foods, with an
emphasis on plant sources.
2. Adopt a physically active lifestyle.
3. Achieve and maintain a healthy body weight
throughout life.
4. Limit consumption of alcoholic beverages.
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Pharmacological Agents for Anorexia-Cachexia
Syndrome and Weight Loss Management
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Appetite stimulants
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Metabolic agents and cytokine blockers

Prokinetic drugs

Anabolic agents
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Factors That Affect Appetite
Reference: American Institute for Cancer Research: Food, nutrition, and the prevention of cancer: a global perspective,
Washington, DC, 1997, AICR.
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Nutritional Implications of Cancer
Therapy
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Chemotherapy
—Taste abnormalities, diarrhea, constipation

Radiation therapy
—Fatigue, loss of appetite, skin changes

Surgery
—Fatigue, pain, loss of appetite

Immunotherapy
—Flulike symptoms, decreased food intake
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Nutritional Implications of Cancer
Therapy—cont’d

Bone marrow transplant
—Nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, mucositis,
xerostomia, dysgeusia

Severe oral muscositis

Graft versus host disease (GVHD)

Veno-occlusive disease (VOD)
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Marrow Transplantation—Cause
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Marrow Transplantation—Pathophysiology
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Marrow Transplantation—
Medical and Nutritional Management
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Severe Oral Mucositis Following Marrow
Transplantation
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Guidelines for Oral Feeding During Antitumor
Therapy
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Guidelines for Oral Feeding During Antitumor
Therapy —cont’d
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Commonly Used Complementary
and Alternative Therapies
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Macrobiotic diet
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Shark cartilage
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Vegetarian diet
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DHEA

Gerson therapy
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Enzymes
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Kelley/Gonzales
regimen
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Oxymedicine

Coenzyme Q10

Juice therapies
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Commonly Used Complementary
and Alternative Therapies—cont’d
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Black cohosh

Milk thistle

Echinacea
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PC-SPECS
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Flaxseed
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Saw palmetto
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Ginger
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Soy and soy foods

Iscador

Teas
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Nutrition in the Etiology of Cancer
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Epidemiologic research has evaluated the role
of diet in the etiology of cancer in different
population groups.
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Diets contain inhibitors and enhancers of
carcinogenesis.
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Laboratory studies have served as models to
test the effect of food and nutrition on cancer
development.
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