This document discusses cancer malnutrition and nutrition rehabilitation strategies. It notes that 40% of cancer patients are malnourished at diagnosis and weight loss is a predictor of poor outcomes. Cancer and its treatments can negatively impact energy balance, muscle mass, metabolism and inflammation. Early nutritional intervention is important to maintain weight and nutrition status. A multidisciplinary approach includes screening, counseling, oral nutrition supplements, and potentially enteral feeding via nasogastric tube or PEG tube depending on the patient's status and needs. Overall survival depends on initial BMI and prevention of weight loss through comprehensive nutrition management from diagnosis onward.
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Nutrition and Rehabilitation in Oncology
1. N U T R I T I O N &
R E H A B I L I T A T I O N
D R . M A L H A R P A T E L
2. Don't Think of Your Past Patient
Don't Think of Your Future Patient
Just Think of Your Present Patient
The Patient Who is Yours Today; Was Someone Others' Yesterday
And Tomorrow, He/She Will be Someone Others'
What You Think Yours is Not Yours
3. N U T R I T I O N I S I M P O R T A N T
C A N C E R P A T I E N T S A R E A T R I S K O F
M A L N U T R I T I O N
P h y s i c a l & M e t a b o l i c E f f e c t o f C a n c e r
E f f e c t o f A n t i - C a n c e r T h e r a p i e s
4. 40% are Malnourished at Diagnosis.
"Head and neck cancer, pre-treatment
weight loss is an independent predictor of
survival in advanced stage disease."
Weight Loss - Greater Morbidity and Poor
Tolerance to Treatment
20% Die Due to Effects of Malnutrition
FACTS
5. I T ' S D I F F E R E N T F R O M
S I M P L E M A L N U T R I T I O N
N E G A T I V E E N E R G Y B A L A N C E
S K E L E T A L M U S C L E M A S S L O S S
E L E V A T E D R E S T I N G M E T A B O L I C R A T E
I N S U L I N R E S I S T A N C E
L I P O L Y S I S
P R O T E O L Y S I S
S Y S T E M I C I N F L A M M A T I O N
C A T A B O L I C F A C T O R S
6. ENERGY INTAKE
<60% FOR 1-2 WEEKS
80% SUFFERS
WEIGHT LOSS
PRIMARY
SECONDARY
MID ARM CIRCUMFERENCE
MEN: 32
FEMALE:18
MORTALITY
DOSE LIMITING TOXICITY
FATIGUE
IMPAIRED PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
IMPAIR REPAIR
INADEQUATE
INTAKE
MUSCLE PROTEIN
DEPLETION
SYSTEMIC
INFLAMMATION
What Happens in Cancer Malnutrition
15. Start @
Diagnosis
Avg Weight
Loss 5 kg
Nutritional
Assessment
The Malnutrition Screening Tool
The Interdisciplinary Nutrition Care
Plan
The Patient- Generated Subjective
Global Assessment (F. D. Ottery,
personal communication, 2000)
#1
24. Naso-Gastric Tube PEG Tube
Economic
Easy to insert
Easy to Remove
Less Care
Few Weeks to Months
Cosmetic
Months to Years
Less Aspiration
Large Bore
Invasive
Surgical Care
Infection Rate 15%
Peritonitis
Expensive
Cosmetic
Discomfort
Small Bore
Chance of Aspiration