Impact of antitumor therapy on nutrition

Journal Article · Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1985 · Cancer (Philadelphia); (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/1097-0142(19850101)55:1+<273::AID-CNCR2820551312>3.0.CO;2-D· OSTI ID:5777396

Kokal, W A

The treatment of the cancer patient by surgery, chemotherapy or radiation therapy can impose significant nutritional disabilities on the host. The nutritional disabilities seen in the tumor-bearing host from antitumor therapy are produced by factors which either limit oral intake or cause malabsorption of nutrients. The host malnutrition caused as a consequence of surgery, chemotherapy or radiation therapy assumes even more importance when one realizes that many cancer patients are already debilitated from their disease.

• Research Organization: City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, CA
• OSTI ID: 5777396
• Journal Information: Cancer (Philadelphia); (United States), Vol. 55:Suppl.1
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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