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Nutritional support for cancer patients: still a neglected right?

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  1. Nutrition and Dietetics Service, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Viale Golgi 19, 27100, Pavia, Italy

    Riccardo Caccialanza & Emanuele Cereda

  2. Italian Federation of Volunteer-based Cancer Organizations, Rome, Italy

    Francesco De Lorenzo, Elisabetta Iannelli, Claudia Santangelo & Francesca Traclò

  3. School of Medicine and Surgery, Milano-Bicocca University, San Gerardo Hospital, Monza, Italy

    Luca Gianotti

  4. Medical Oncology 1, Veneto Institute of Oncology-IRCCS, Padova, Italy

    Vittorina Zagonel

  5. Clinical Nutrition Unit, National Cancer Institute, Milan, Italy

    Cecilia Gavazzi

  6. Department of Oncology, Ospedale Fatebenefratelli and Oftalmico, Milan, Italy

    Gabriella Farina

  7. Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Pain Management and Palliative Care, University of Turin, Turin, Italy

    Paolo Cotogni

  8. Medical Oncology Department & Breast Unit—Hospital of Brindisi and Medical Oncology Department—European Institute of Oncology, Milan, Italy

    Saverio Cinieri

  9. Medical Oncology Unit, Sant’Andrea Hospital of Rome, Rome, Italy

    Paolo Marchetti

  10. Clinical Nutrition Service, Veneto Institute of Oncology-IRCCS, Padova, Italy

    Mariateresa Nardi

  11. Medical Oncology IRCCS-Arcispedale S. Maria Nuova, Reggio Emilia, Italy

    Carmine Pinto

  12. Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Hemato-Oncology, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy

    Paolo Pedrazzoli

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Caccialanza, R., De Lorenzo, F., Gianotti, L. et al. Nutritional support for cancer patients: still a neglected right?. Support Care Cancer 25, 3001–3004 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00520-017-3826-1

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