Advances in perioperative nutrition: cancer. Review uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • The role of perioperative nutritional support in the management of cancer patients remains controversial. The benefit of supplemental calories is not the only current issue: in fact, the route of delivery, composition of basic nutrients (carbohydrate, protein, fat), and the role of supplemental additives (arginine, glutamine, omega-3 fatty acids, nucleotides) in improving immune status and ultimate outcome have been the focus of much discussion. Emerging data suggest that the use of supplemental agents is associated with improvement in immune status in these patients, although there is little clear evidence that this improves outcome. Ongoing studies are aimed at defining the group of patients who would most benefit from nutritional interventions during the perioperative period.

publication date

  • December 1, 2000

Research

keywords

  • Neoplasms
  • Nutritional Support

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 0034524921

PubMed ID

  • 11193711

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 24

issue

  • 12