While cancer treatment can be debilitating enough in itself, one of the lesser known side-effects is the impact it has on patients’ nutrition, including reduced appetite, nausea and changes in taste. This article takes an in-depth look at the elements that community nurses need to be aware of when managing patients undergoing treatment for cancer.
Dr Rebecca Stratton describes the uses of oral nutritional supplements and enteral tube feeding to prevent disease related malnutrition in patients.
Dr Rebecca Stratton, Research Fellow, Institute of Human Nutrition, Southampton General Hospital, University of Southampton.
Article accepted for publication May 2001.
