Frontiers in Bioscience 2013-01-01

Nutrition in oncologic patients during antiblastic treatment.

Massimiliano Berretta, Mariagrazia Michieli, Raffaele Di Francia, Alessandro Cappellani, Maurizio Rupolo, Fabio Galvano, Rossella Fisichella, Salvatore Berretta, Umberto Tirelli

Index: Front. Biosci. (Landmark Ed.) 18 , 120-32, (2013)

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Abstract

Cancer may induce weight loss and cachexia, and cancer treatment may contribute to nutritional impairment. Here, we review the literature on the mechanisms of cancer cachexia and the pharmacological interventions both in use in clinical practice and currently under development. Based on this analysis, several nutritional proposals for cancer patients are suggested and the importance of good nutritional status in candidates for hematopoietic stem cell transplantation is highlighted.

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