2015
DOI: 10.5114/ms.2015.56673
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Nutritional problems among patients affected by cancer during chemotherapy

Abstract: Chemotherapy is one of the primary methods of treating cancer. Symptoms occurring during this form of therapy affect patients' general health status, cause malnutrition, and deteriorate the quality of life of oncology patients, which results in cachexia. Malnutrition during treatment and the resulting bad general health status of patients may lead to disqualification from chemotherapy treatment. Cachexia is a complex and multi-factorial process, characterised by the nearly unknown mechanism of its development.… Show more

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