Nutritional Treatment of Patients with Colorectal Cancer

Agata Lewandowska, Urszula Religioni, Aleksandra Czerw, Andrzej Deptała, Beata Karakiewicz, Olga Partyka, Monika Pajewska, Katarzyna Sygit, Elżbieta Cipora, Kamila Kmieć, Anna Augustynowicz, Dominika Mękal, Michał Waszkiewicz, Agnieszka Barańska, Daniela Mináriková, Peter Minárik and Piotr Merks
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Agata Lewandowska: Nutritional Treatment Clinic, Institute of Hematology and Transfusion Medicine, 00-791 Warsaw, Poland
Urszula Religioni: School of Public Health, Center of Postgraduate Medical Education of Warsaw, 01-826 Warsaw, Poland
Aleksandra Czerw: Department of Health Economics and Medical Law, Medical University of Warsaw, 02-091 Warsaw, Poland
Andrzej Deptała: Department of Cancer Prevention, Medical University of Warsaw, 02-091 Warsaw, Poland
Beata Karakiewicz: Subdepartment of Social Medicine and Public Health, Department of Social Medicine, Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin, 70-103 Szczecin, Poland
Olga Partyka: Department of Economic and System Analyses, National Institute of Public Health NIH-National Research Institute, 00-791 Warsaw, Poland
Monika Pajewska: Department of Economic and System Analyses, National Institute of Public Health NIH-National Research Institute, 00-791 Warsaw, Poland
Katarzyna Sygit: Faculty of Health Sciences, Calisia University, 62-800 Kalisz, Poland
Elżbieta Cipora: Faculty of Medical Science, Jan Grodek State University in Sanok, 38-500 Sanok, Poland
Kamila Kmieć: Faculty of Health Sciences, Calisia University, 62-800 Kalisz, Poland
Anna Augustynowicz: School of Public Health, Center of Postgraduate Medical Education of Warsaw, 01-826 Warsaw, Poland
Dominika Mękal: Department of Cancer Prevention, Medical University of Warsaw, 02-091 Warsaw, Poland
Michał Waszkiewicz: School of Public Health, Center of Postgraduate Medical Education of Warsaw, 01-826 Warsaw, Poland
Agnieszka Barańska: Department of Medical Informatics and Statistics with E-Learning Lab, Medical University of Lublin, 20-090 Lublin, Poland
Daniela Mináriková: Faculty of Pharmacy, Comenius University in Bratislava, 814 99 Bratislava, Slovakia
Peter Minárik: Institute for Prevention and Intervention, St. Elizabeth University of Health and Social Work, 811 02 Bratisla-va, Slovakia
Piotr Merks: Department of Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Collegium Medicum, Cardi-nal Stefan Wyszyński University, 01-815 Warsaw, Poland

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 11, 1-12

Abstract: Colorectal cancer is one of the most common cancers in Europe and the world. Cancer treatments have side effects and cause significant deterioration of the patient’s nutritional status. Patient malnutrition may worsen the health condition and prevent the deliberate effects of the therapy. The aim of this review was to describe the available data about clinical nutrition in colorectal cancer patients. A large proportion of colorectal cancer patients suffer from malnutrition, which negatively affects the survival prognosis, quality of life, and oncological therapy. Therefore, monitoring nutritional status during the treatment is essential and can be used to arrange proper nutritional therapy to enhance patient responses, prevent side effects, and shorten recovery time. The principles of nutrition during anticancer therapy should mainly consider light and low-fat foods, the exclusion of lactose and gluten-containing foods in certain cases, or the introduction of special dietary products such as oral nutrition supplements and it should be tailored to patients’ individual needs.

Keywords: cancer; colorectal cancer; neoplasms; nutritional deficiency; malnutrition (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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