TY - JOUR
T1 - Cancer and malnutrition
AU - Tsuzuki, Norimasa
AU - Higashiguchi, Takashi
AU - Ito, Akihiro
AU - Ohara, Hiroshi
AU - Futamura, Akihiko
PY - 2015/7/1
Y1 - 2015/7/1
N2 - A Japanese proverb says that a balanced diet leads to a healthy body. However, the relation between healthy life and nutrition has not been established precisely and quantitatively. Cancer cachexia, which is malnutrition in cancer patients, has been studied extensively. Appropriate nutrition support can prevent the progression of malnutrition in cancer patients and advance the tolerance for anticancer therapy. In refractory cachexia (terminally cancer patients), we will judge the necessity of reduction of nutrition support, what it is called "gear-change", because the support is burden for the body. It is important to restrict the quantity of nutrition and to give medical treatment to retain bodily function in these patients.
AB - A Japanese proverb says that a balanced diet leads to a healthy body. However, the relation between healthy life and nutrition has not been established precisely and quantitatively. Cancer cachexia, which is malnutrition in cancer patients, has been studied extensively. Appropriate nutrition support can prevent the progression of malnutrition in cancer patients and advance the tolerance for anticancer therapy. In refractory cachexia (terminally cancer patients), we will judge the necessity of reduction of nutrition support, what it is called "gear-change", because the support is burden for the body. It is important to restrict the quantity of nutrition and to give medical treatment to retain bodily function in these patients.
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M3 - Article
C2 - 26197740
AN - SCOPUS:84942430877
SN - 0385-0684
VL - 42
SP - 791
EP - 796
JO - Japanese Journal of Cancer and Chemotherapy
JF - Japanese Journal of Cancer and Chemotherapy
IS - 7
ER -
