Nutritional Support in Cancer and Transplant Patients

by Latifi,Rifat

• ISBN13: 9781587060496
• ISBN10: 1587060493
• eBook ISBN(s): 9781040195437
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-08-01
• Publisher: CRC Press
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Summary

Virginia Commonwealth Univ., Richmond. Addresses the nutritional support in cancer and transplant patients. Two parts cover the specific role of nutrition on immunity, cancer cachexia, and the role of different substances; and the role of nutrition in transplant patients. DNLM: Neoplasms--diet therapy.

Table of Contents

Preface
Immunologic Role of Nutrition	p. 1
Cancer Cachexia: Etiology, Treatment and Future Research	p. 12
Glutamine and Cancer	p. 24
Nutritional Support in Patients with Head and Neck Cancer	p. 53
Nutritional Support of Gastrointestinal, Pancreatic and Liver Cancer Patients	p. 71
Total Parenteral Nutrition in the Perioperative Nutrition Support of Cancer Patients	p. 92
Cell Cycle Kinetics in Cancer Patients Receiving Total Parenteral Nutrition	p. 99
Plasma Amino Acid Profile in Cancer Patients: Moving Toward a New Set of Tumor Markers?	p. 107
Anti-Methionine Cancer Chemotherapy: L-Methionine and Its Potential Effects for Cancer Therapy	p. 119
Ornithine Alpha-Ketoglutarate Administration in Surgical, Trauma and Cancer-Bearing Patients	p. 144
Nutritional Support after Small Bowel Transplantation	p. 156
Nutritional Support of Patients with Liver Transplant	p. 167
Nutritional Support in Renal Transplantation	p. 179
Total Parenteral Nutrition in Patients Undergoing Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation	p. 188
Index	p. 216
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