Nutrition in patients with cancer: a new area for medical oncologists? A practising oncologist's interdisciplinary position paper

Affiliations

¹ Oncology, Centre Hospitalier Emile Mayrisch, Esch, Luxembourg.
² Department of Oncology, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria, Pisa, Toscana, Italy.
³ Oncologia Medica 3, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy.
⁴ Medical Oncology, Onkologische Schwerpunktpraxis, Esslingen, Germany.
⁵ Palliative and Supportive Care Group, University of Edinborough, Edinborough, UK.
⁶ Clinical Oncology, University Centre Sestre Milosrdnice, Zagreb, Croatia.
⁷ Nursing Sciences and Public Health, AOU Città della Salute e della Scienza, Turin, Italy.
⁸ Department of Oncologia, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Policlinico Umberto I, Roma, Italy.
⁹ Medical Oncology, Magyar Klinikai Onkologiai Tarsasag, Budapest, Hungary.
¹⁰ Oncologia Medica, Università, Campus Bio Medico, Roma, Italy.
¹¹ Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milano, Lombardia, Italy.

Editorial

Stefan Rauh et al. ESMO Open. 2018.

. 2018 May 5;3(4):e000345.

doi: 10.1136/esmoopen-2018-000345. eCollection 2018.

¹ Oncology, Centre Hospitalier Emile Mayrisch, Esch, Luxembourg.
² Department of Oncology, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria, Pisa, Toscana, Italy.
³ Oncologia Medica 3, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy.
⁴ Medical Oncology, Onkologische Schwerpunktpraxis, Esslingen, Germany.
⁵ Palliative and Supportive Care Group, University of Edinborough, Edinborough, UK.
⁶ Clinical Oncology, University Centre Sestre Milosrdnice, Zagreb, Croatia.
⁷ Nursing Sciences and Public Health, AOU Città della Salute e della Scienza, Turin, Italy.
⁸ Department of Oncologia, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Policlinico Umberto I, Roma, Italy.
⁹ Medical Oncology, Magyar Klinikai Onkologiai Tarsasag, Budapest, Hungary.
¹⁰ Oncologia Medica, Università, Campus Bio Medico, Roma, Italy.
¹¹ Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milano, Lombardia, Italy.

No abstract available

Keywords: cancer patient; medical oncologists; nutrition.

Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: None declared.

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