Nutrition and the cancer patient

This comprehensive reference book provides both background information and practical, clinical advice on all areas of nutrition for the cancer patient at all stages of their disease trajectory. INDICE: 1 - Basic principles; 1: Vickie E. Baracos: Definitions and epidemiology; 2: Vickie E. Baracos and Henrique A. Parsons: Metabolism and physiology; 3: Vickie E. Baracos, CMM Prado, S Antoun, and I Gioulbasanis: The assessment of nutritional status; 2 - The cachexia/anorexia syndrome; 4: Egidio DelFabbro and Vickie E. Baracos: The epidemiology of body weight and body weightloss and its relation to cancer; 5: Vickie E. Baracos and Henrique A. Parsons: The mechanisms of primary cachexia; 3 - The treatment of primary cachexia; 6: Henrique A. Parsons and Eduardo Bruera: Challenges and opportunities in conducting clinical research in cancer cachexia; 7: Florian Strasser: Appetite stimulants; 8: Jose Garcia: Anabolic hormones; 9: Egidio del Fabbro: Immune modulators; 10: Nada Fadul: Autonomic system modulators; 11: Eduardo Bruera and Egidio del Fabbro: Multimodality therapy; 4 - The treatment of secondary cachexia; 12: Florian Strasser: Classification of cancer cachexia and secondary nutrition impact symptoms; 13: Carla Ida Ripamonti, Nicla La Verde, Gabriella Farina, and Marina Chiara Garassino: Oral complications; 14: Mellar P. Davis: Nauseaand vomiting in advanced cancer; 15: Mellar P. Davis: Early satiety; 16: David Blum: Disordered bowel function; 17: Elizabeth Kvale, Casey Balentine Azuero, and Eric Walker: Depression and fatigue; 5 - Nutritional counselling; 18: Laura Elliot and Barbara Parry: Counselling by a dietitian; 19: Colette Hawkins,Inga Andrew, Tessa Aston, Trevelyan Beyer, Jacqueline Cairns, Bob Hansford, Jane Hopkinson, Reverend Caroline Worsfold: The multi-disciplinary approach to nutritional problems in patients with cancer; 6 - Artificial nutritional support; 20: Tim Bowling: Nutritional support: an overview; 21: Jeremy Woodward: Oral and enteral nutrition; 22: Pradeep F. Thomas and Dileep N Lobo: Nutrition in advanced malignancy: parenteral nutrition, palliative surgery and gastrointestinal stents; 7 - Ethics, culture and spirituality; 23: Paulina Taboada, Alejandra Palma, and Beatriz Shand: Ethics and medically assisted nutrition and hydration in cancer; 24: Sarah Toule: Cultural and religious factors; 8 - Nutrition and Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) in cancer; 25: Eran Ben-Arye, Dena Norton, Moshe Frenkel, and Nicola Hembry: Nutrition and Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) in cancer care; 9 - Exercise; 26: Lee W. Jones: Exercise therapy for persons diagnosed with cancer; 10 - Clinical groups; 27: Wendy Demark-Wahnefried: The cancer survivor; 28: R.D. Johnston, R.A. Barrett, and T.E. Bowling: Nutritional management of patients receiving primary cancer therapy; 29: Shalini Dalal: Nutritional management of patients with recurrent, advanced or metastatic cancer; 30: Egidio del Fabbro: Patients at the endof life; 11 - Special opulations; 31: Sian Kirkham and Martin Hewitt: Paediatric patients; 32: Jane Hopkinson and Christopher Bailey: Nutritional care of older people with cancer; 33: Marvin O

• ISBN: 978-0-19-955019-7
• Editorial: Oxford University
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 536
• Fecha Publicación: 24/06/2010
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés