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- Title
Nutritional Challenges During Treatment for Lung Cancer.
- Authors
Shapiro, Alice C.; Swenson, Karen K.
- Abstract
The article offers information regarding the nutritional difficulties encountered during lung cancer treatment. It states that lung cancer treatment requires radiation therapy with chemotherapy which challenge patients' nutritional intake in preserving lean body mass and sustaining daily activities. It discusses the negative effects of some dietary supplements during lung cancer treatment. It also underscores the importance of nutritional assessment and counseling in lung cancer treatment.
- Subjects
ONCOLOGY nursing; DIETARY supplements; LUNG tumors; NUTRITIONAL assessment; WORLD Wide Web; INFORMATION resources
- Publication
Oncology Nursing Forum, 2011, Vol 38, Issue 5, p515
- ISSN
0190-535X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1188/11.ONF.515-518