Define Dietary Management of Cancer Patients and Feeding Problems Related To Cancer Therapy?
We took an overview about the general nutritional requirements of cancer patients. However, in order to be successful in maintaining an optimum nutritional status of the patient it is equally important to feed the right type of diet through an appropriate method and route by keeping in mind the details of the disease and mode of treatment. We shall now discuss about the different types or modes of cancer treatment and the feeding problems associated with the treatments.
While reading the details mentioned below we must also remember that the line of treatment for the cancer patients will depend on the site of cancer development. Currently the cancer therapy includes three major types of interventions namely surgery, radiation therapy and chemotherapy. Differentiation therapy and adoptive immunotherapy are other cancer therapy strategies. Cancer therapy often involves combined significant nutritional problems, as well as, feeding problems which may arise not only from the malignant condition but also from specific treatment undertaken to control the neoplastic process.