Clinical Nutrition for Oncology Patients

Clinical Nutrition for Oncology Patients provides clinicians with the information they need to help cancer survivors and patients make informed choices about their nutrition and improve their short-term and long-term health. This comprehensive resource outlines nutritional management recommendations for care prior to, during, and after treatment and addresses specific nutritional needs and complementary therapies that may be of help to a patient. This book is written by a variety of clinicians who not only care for cancer survivors and their caregivers but are also experts in the field of nutritional oncology.

Contents 
Chapter 1 Introduction to the Nutritional Management of Oncology Patients
Chapter 2 Nutrition Screening and Assessment in Oncology
Chapter 3 Nutrition Support for Oncology Patients
Chapter 4 Medical and Radiation Oncology
Chapter 5 Surgical Oncology
Chapter 7 Esophageal and Head and Neck Cancer
Chapter 8 Breast Cancer
Chapter 9 Reproductive Cancers
Chapter 10 Prostate Cancer
Chapter 11 Lung Cancer
Chapter 12 Hematologic Malignancies
Chapter 13 Brain Tumors
Chapter 14 Palliative Care
Chapter 15 Pharmacologic Management of Cancer Cachexia-Anorexia and Other Gastrointestinal Toxicities Associated with Cancer Treatments
Chapter 16 Integrative Oncology
Index 447

Product Details

• Hardcover: 475 pages
• Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Publishers; 1 edition (April 1, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0763755125
• ISBN-13: 978-0763755126
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 1.3 inches

 List Price: $88.95

Tags: Cancer Dietary and Nutrition