Cancer is the second leading cause of death in the United States for Adults. While everyone diagnosed with cancer reacts differently, the diagnosis is often associated with fear, anger, hopelessness, and a range of other emotions. The American Cancer Society states that as many as one third of cancer deaths in the United States could be prevented if Americans consumed a diet rich in plants and maintained a healthy body weight.
Clinical Nutrition for Oncology Patients provides clinicians with the information they need to help cancer survivors and patients make informed choices about their nutrition and improve their short-term and long-term health. This comprehensive resource outlines nutritional management recommendations for care prior to, during, and after treatment and addresses specific nutritional needs and complementary therapies that may be of help to a patient. This book is written by a variety of clinicians who not only care for cancer survivors and their caregivers but are also experts in the field of nutritional oncology.
Clinical Nutrition for Oncology Patients provides clinicians with the information they need to help cancer survivors and patients make informed choices about their nutrition and improve their short-term and long-term health. This comprehensive resource outlines nutritional management recommendations for care prior to, during, and after treatment and addresses specific nutritional needs and complementary therapies that may be of help to a patient. This book is written by a variety of clinicians who not only care for cancer survivors and their caregivers but are also experts in the field of nutritional oncology.
- Chapter 1 Introduction to the Nutritional Management of Oncology Patients
- Chapter 2 Nutrition Screening and Assessment in Oncology
- Chapter 3 Nutrition Support for Oncology Patients
- Chapter 4 Medical and Radiation Oncology
- Chapter 5 Surgical Oncology
- Chapter 7 Esophageal and Head and Neck Cancer
- Chapter 8 Breast Cancer
- Chapter 9 Reproductive Cancers
- Chapter 10 Prostate Cancer
- Chapter 11 Lung Cancer
- Chapter 12 Hematologic Malignancies
- Chapter 13 Brain Tumors
- Chapter 14 Palliative Care
- Chapter 15 Pharmacologic Management of Cancer Cachexia-Anorexia and Other Gastrointestinal Toxicities Associated with Cancer Treatments
- Chapter 16 Integrative Oncology
- Index 447
Product Details
- Hardcover: 475 pages
- Publisher: Jones and Bartlett Publishers; 1 edition (April 1, 2009)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0763755125
- ISBN-13: 978-0763755126
- Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 1.3 inches