Abstract
Diet and nutrient factors act as pro- and antitumor risk modifiers across the entire complex process of tumorigenesis. Among all the recognized oncogens, diet is one of the modifiable risk factors. Patients with malignancy are most likely to suffer from malnutrition. The mechanisms of malnutrition in this setting are multifactorial. Nutrition screening is an important component of nutrition therapy, and total parenteral nutrition (TPN) and enteral nutrition (EN) may help in preventing further deterioration of nutritional state and sometimes improve metabolic indices in cancer patients.
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Abbreviations
- CCS:
-
Cancer cachexia syndrome
- EN:
-
Enteral nutrition
- NRI:
-
Nutrition Risk Index
- PG-SGA:
-
Patient-Generated Subjective Global Assessment
- PN:
-
Parenteral nutrition
- SGA:
-
Subjective Global Assessment
- TPN:
-
Total parenteral nutrition
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Changela, A., Davanos, E., Javaiya, H. (2015). Enteral and Parenteral Nutrition in Cancer Patients: An Overview. In: Rajendram, R., Preedy, V.R., Patel, V.B. (eds) Diet and Nutrition in Critical Care. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7836-2_41
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