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020			_a9780199550197
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245			_aNutrition and the cancer patient _cedited by Egidio Del Fabbro ... [et al.]
260			_aOxford _bOxford University Press _c2010
300			_axiv, 519 p. : ill. ; 25 cm
500			_aContents: 1 - BASIC PRINCIPLES; 1. Definitions and epidemiology; 2. Metabolism and physiology; 3. The assessment of nutritional status; 2 - THE CACHEXIA/ANOREXIA SYNDROME; 4. The epidemiology of body weight and body weight loss and its relation to cancer; 5. The mechanisms of primary cachexia; 3 - THE TREATMENT OF PRIMARY CACHEXIA; 6. Challenges and opportunities in conducting clinical research in cancer cachexia; 7. Appetite stimulants; 8. Anabolic hormones; 9. Immune modulators; 10. Autonomic system modulators; 11. Multimodality therapy; 4 - THE TREATMENT OF SECONDARY CACHEXIA; 12. Classification of cancer cachexia and secondary nutrition impact symptoms; 13. Oral complications; 14. Nausea and vomiting in advanced cancer; 15. Early satiety; 16. Disordered bowel function; 17. Depression and fatigue; 5 - NUTRITIONAL COUNSELLING; 18. Counselling by a dietitian; 19. The multi-disciplinary approach to nutritional problems in patients with cancer; 6 - ARTIFICIAL NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; 20. Nutritional support: an overview; 21. Oral and enteral nutrition; 22. Nutrition in advanced malignancy: parenteral nutrition, palliative surgery and gastrointestinal stents; 7 - ETHICS, CULTURE AND SPIRITUALITY; 23. Ethics and medically assisted nutrition and hydration in cancer; 24. Cultural and religious factors; 8 - NUTRITION AND COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE (CAM) IN CANCER; 25. Nutrition and Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) in cancer care; 9 - EXERCISE; 26. Exercise therapy for persons diagnosed with cancer; 10 - CLINICAL GROUPS; 27. The cancer survivor; 28. Nutritional management of patients receiving primary cancer therapy; 29. Nutritional management of patients with recurrent, advanced or metastatic cancer; 30. Patients at the end of life; 11 - SPECIAL OPULATIONS; 31. Paediatric patients; 32. Nutritional care of older people with cancer; 33. Nutrition and comorbidities in patients with cancer; 34. Patients in the developing world; 35. The experience of involuntary weight loss and altered body image in patients with cancer anorexia-cachexia syndrome (CACS): Patient and family perspectives
650			_aCancer--Patients--Nutrition
700			_aDel Fabbro, Egidio
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