The Role of Nutrition in Cancer Patients.
João Vasco BarreiraPublished in: Nutrition and cancer (2020)
In a very simplistic way, the human body has an extremely complex system of cell division that determines the growth of new cells and the death of senescent cells. However, the organism is not perfect and sometimes fails. In the course of the interaction between genetic and environmental factors, including nutritional factors, oncological disease can arise. Of course, no food alone has properties capable of preventing a tumor. In recent years there has been an increase in the number of new cases of cancer. Malnutrition in cancer patients is a consequence of the increase in inflammatory cytokines associated with cancer, metabolic alterations and concomitant inadequate availability of nutrients, due to anorexia caused by the disease and systemic treatments. Malnutrition, combined with loss of muscle mass, is very common in this group of patients and has a negative effect on the prognosis. What to expect from the doctor? It is one of the key questions in this theme.
Keyphrases
- induced apoptosis
- papillary thyroid
- cell cycle arrest
- end stage renal disease
- endothelial cells
- chronic kidney disease
- newly diagnosed
- oxidative stress
- physical activity
- prostate cancer
- stem cells
- cell therapy
- single cell
- endoplasmic reticulum stress
- prognostic factors
- lymph node metastasis
- dna methylation
- heavy metals
- gene expression
- bone marrow
- young adults
- risk assessment
- human health
- climate change
- childhood cancer
- patient reported