Nutrition Management of the Cancer Patient Book

Contents: INTRODUCTION: IDENTIFICATION AND GENERAL FEEDING * Nutrition Needs of Cancer Patients * Cancer' s Impact on the Nutrition Status of Patients * Overview: Screening, Assessing, and Monitoring * Assessment Counseling * General Feeding Problems * SPECIFIC PATIENT POPULATIONS * The Patient with Head and Neck Cancer * Dysphagia and the Cancer Patient * Nutrition Implications in Esophageal and Gastric Cancer * Nutrition Problems Caused by Pancreatic, Liver, or Renal Cancer * The Gastrointestinal Tract: Small Bowel and Colon * Low-Microbial Diets for Patients with Granulocytopenia * Pediatric Oncology Nutrition Support * Nutrition in Children with Cancer: A Case Study Approach * Nutrition Management of the Patient with Breast Cancer * TREATMENT MODALITIES * Impact of Chemotherapy on the Nutrition Status of the Cancer Patient * The Impact of Radiation Therapy on the Nutrition Status of the Cancer Patient: An Overview Impact of Radiation Therapy on the Nutrition Status of the Cancer Patient: Acute and Chronic Complications * Bone Marrow Transplantation: Nutrition Support and Monitoring * METHODS OF MANAGEMENT * Encouraging Oral Intake * Use of Supplements: Types of Supplements * Use of Supplements: Practical Suggestions * Tube Feeding: Overview * Tube Feeding: Practical Suggestions * Methods of Management: Parenteral Nutrition * Management Options: Food Service Facilities * The Nutrition Support Team Management Options: Clinical Nutrition Management in a Cancer Treatment Setting * OTHER CONCERNS * Home Care Training and Management Options * Ethical and Psychologic Issues Relating to the Cancer Patient * Cancer Quackery