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Lovey J, Molnar A, Banky B. Long-term nutrition in patients candidate to neoadjuvant and adjuvant treatments. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SURGICAL ONCOLOGY 2024; 50:106850. [PMID: 36841694 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejso.2023.02.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2022] [Accepted: 02/14/2023] [Indexed: 02/19/2023]
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To improve outcomes, to decrease the rate of local recurrence and development of distant metastases neoadjuvant and adjuvant therapies are employed in cancer patients in forms of radiation, chemo-, endocrine-, targeted-, and immunotherapy or their combination. Nutrition therapy plays important role in all phases of the cancer journey. From neoadjuvant therapy to prehabilitation, early postoperative nutrition, and long-term nutrition care during the adjuvant phase and survivorship determines the survival and quality of life of cancer patients. During the neoadjuvant phase patients may be in poor nutritional condition which can be aggravated by the applied oncological treatment. Beside this apparent threat this period also gives an excellent opportunity to maintain or even improve the nutritional status of the patients by nutrition therapy. After surgery the burdening effects of the operation may jeopardize the execution of adjuvant therapy. After early postoperative feeding a long-term nutrition strategy should be developed for cancer patients in order to avoid nutritional deterioration during the usually lengthy postoperative therapy. In this narrative review we discuss how preoperative nutritional status and medical nutrition therapy influence the results of surgery and after the operation what is the available evidence about nutritional status and outcome and the potentials to influence them by nutrition therapy.
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- Jozsef Lovey
- National Tumorbiology Laboratory, National Institute of Oncology, Budapest, Hungary; Chair of Oncology, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary.
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- Scientific Committee, National Association of Hungarian Dietitians, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Surgery, Transplantation and Gastroenterology, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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Santo B, Bertini N, Cattaneo CG, De Matteis S, De Franco P, Grassi R, Iorio GC, Longo S, Boldrini L, Piras A, Desideri I, De Felice F, Salvestrini V. Nutritional counselling for head and neck cancer patients treated with (chemo)radiation therapy: why, how, when, and what? Front Oncol 2024; 13:1240913. [PMID: 38264757 PMCID: PMC10803628 DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2023.1240913] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2023] [Accepted: 12/14/2023] [Indexed: 01/25/2024] Open
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- Bianca Santo
- Radiation Oncology Unit, Dipartimento di Oncoematologia, Ospedale “Vito Fazzi”, Lecce, Italy
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- Radiation Oncology Unit, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi, Department of Experimental and Clinical Biomedical Sciences, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Radiotherapy, Policlinico Umberto I, Department of Radiological, Oncological and Pathological Sciences, “Sapienza” University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Radiation Oncology Unit, Dipartimento di Oncoematologia, Ospedale “Vito Fazzi”, Lecce, Italy
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- Radiation Oncology Unit, Dipartimento di Oncoematologia, Ospedale “Vito Fazzi”, Lecce, Italy
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- Department of Precision Medicine, University of Campania “L. Vanvitelli”, Naples, Italy
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- Unità Operativa Complessa (UOC) Radioterapia Oncologica, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS) “A. Gemelli”, Roma, Italy
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- Unità Operativa Complessa (UOC) Radioterapia Oncologica, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS) “A. Gemelli”, Roma, Italy
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- Unità Operativa (UO) Radioterapia Oncologica, Villa Santa Teresa, Palermo, Italy
- Department of Biomedical Image Processing and Analysis, Ri.Med Foundation, Palermo, Italy
- Department of Health Promotion, Mother and Child Care, Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties, Molecular and Clinical Medicine, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
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- Radiation Oncology Unit, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi, Department of Experimental and Clinical Biomedical Sciences, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Radiotherapy, Policlinico Umberto I, Department of Radiological, Oncological and Pathological Sciences, “Sapienza” University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Radiation Oncology Unit, Centro Cyberknife, Istituto Fiorentino di Cura e Assistenza, Florence, Italy
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Siqueira JM, Vega MCMD, Pimentel GD. Amino acids and cancer: potential for therapies? Curr Opin Clin Nutr Metab Care 2024; 27:47-54. [PMID: 37997812 DOI: 10.1097/mco.0000000000000998] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2023]
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW Cancer patients may have a variety of disorders associated with systemic inflammation caused by disease progression. Consequently, we have protein hypercatabolism. In view of this, protein and amino acid adequacy should be considered in relation to nutritional behavior. Therefore, this review aims to evaluate the influence of protein and amino acids in the nutritional therapy of cancer. RECENT FINDINGS Diets with adequate protein levels appear to be beneficial in the treatment of cancer; guidelines suggest consumption of greater than 1.0-1.5 g/kg body weight/day. In patients diagnosed with malnutrition, sarcopenia, or cachexia, it is recommended to use the maximum amount of protein (1.5 g/kg of weight/day) to adapt the diet. In addition, based on the evidence found, there is no consensus on the dose and effects in cancer patients of amino acids such as branched-chain amino acids, glutamine, arginine, and creatine. SUMMARY When evaluating the components of the diet of cancer patients, the protein recommendation should be greater than 1.0-1.5 g/kg of weight/day, with a distribution between animal and vegetable proteins. We found little evidence demonstrating clinical benefits regarding individual or combined amino acid supplementation. Still, it is unclear how the use, dose, and specificity for different types of cancer should be prescribed or at what stage of treatment amino acids should be prescribed.
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Fernández Forné Á, García Anaya MJ, Segado Guillot SJ, Plaza Andrade I, de la Peña Fernández L, Lorca Ocón MJ, Lupiáñez Pérez Y, Queipo-Ortuño MI, Gómez-Millán J. Influence of the microbiome on radiotherapy-induced oral mucositis and its management: A comprehensive review. Oral Oncol 2023; 144:106488. [PMID: 37399707 DOI: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2023.106488] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2023] [Accepted: 06/29/2023] [Indexed: 07/05/2023]
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Radiation-induced mucositis is the most common, debilitating and painful acute toxicity associated with active treatment in head and neck cancer area, severely affecting more than 65% of patients. Oral microbiota significantly changes during cancer therapy and appears to be involved on its pathophysiology. This review aims to present a comprehensive update of new etiopathogenic factors and treatments that may decrease the incidence of mucositis, mainly modifications of dietary interventions to modify microbiome. Despite advances in recent years, its management is mainly symptomatic opioid-based with variable results on different substances analyzed for its prevention. Immunonutrition seems to play a significant role, particularly the supplementation of compounds such as fatty acids, polyphenols or selected probiotics have shown to promote commensal bacteria diversity and reduced incidence of ulcerative mucositis. Modification of the microbiome is a promising preventive treatment for mucositis although its evidence is still scarce. Large studies are needed to demonstrate the efficacy of interventions on microbiome and its clinical impact on radiation-induced mucositis.
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- África Fernández Forné
- Department of Radiation Oncology. Punta Europa University Hospital. Algeciras, Cádiz, Spain
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Virgen de la Victoria University Hospital, 29010 Málaga, Spain
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- Intercenter Clinical Unit of Medical Oncology, Regional and Virgen de la Victoria University Hospitals, Biomedical Research Institute of Malaga (IBIMA)-CIMES-UMA, University of Malaga, 29010 Málaga, Spain
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Virgen de la Victoria University Hospital, 29010 Málaga, Spain
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Virgen de la Victoria University Hospital, 29010 Málaga, Spain
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- Intercenter Clinical Unit of Medical Oncology, Regional and Virgen de la Victoria University Hospitals, Biomedical Research Institute of Malaga (IBIMA)-CIMES-UMA, University of Malaga, 29010 Málaga, Spain; Department of Surgical Specialties, Biochemical and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Málaga, 29010 Malaga, Spain.
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Virgen de la Victoria University Hospital, 29010 Málaga, Spain
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Cardenas D, Ochoa JB. A paradigm shift in clinical nutrition. Clin Nutr 2023; 42:380-383. [PMID: 36739757 DOI: 10.1016/j.clnu.2023.01.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2022] [Revised: 01/08/2023] [Accepted: 01/18/2023] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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The current clinical nutrition paradigm is that decreased caloric intake, resulting in a caloric deficit, is central to the development disease-related malnutrition (DRM). In following with this paradigm, one should assume that nutrition interventions with artificially administered nutrition (food substitution paradigm) aimed at preventing a caloric deficit should result in the prevention and/or successful treatment of DRM. However, clear evidence demonstrates that the DRM observed in diverse illnesses is at least partially resistant to nutrition interventions aimed at preventing the development of a caloric deficit. Simply put, DRM cannot be prevented nor resolved through a nutrition intervention aimed solely on replacing what the person cannot or will not eat. It is time to stop oversimplifying nutrition therapy in clinical nutrition interventions as a food substitution issue, focusing instead on developing and testing innovative hypotheses aimed at a mechanistic understanding of how DRM develops. Through this effort, new paradigms should evolve. The aim of this opinion paper is to provide an overview of why we need a shift in the current paradigm.
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- Diana Cardenas
- Nutrition Unit, Institut Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France.
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- Intensive Care Medicine, Hunterdon Medical Center, New Jersey, USA
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Muscaritoli M, Bar-Sela G, Battisti NML, Belev B, Contreras-Martínez J, Cortesi E, de Brito-Ashurst I, Prado CM, Ravasco P, Yalcin S. Oncology-Led Early Identification of Nutritional Risk: A Pragmatic, Evidence-Based Protocol (PRONTO). Cancers (Basel) 2023; 15:cancers15020380. [PMID: 36672329 PMCID: PMC9856655 DOI: 10.3390/cancers15020380] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2022] [Revised: 12/22/2022] [Accepted: 12/30/2022] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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Nutritional issues, including malnutrition, low muscle mass, sarcopenia (i.e., low muscle mass and strength), and cachexia (i.e., weight loss characterized by a continuous decline in skeletal muscle mass, with or without fat loss), are commonly experienced by patients with cancer at all stages of disease. Cancer cachexia may be associated with poor nutritional status and can compromise a patient's ability to tolerate antineoplastic therapy, increase the likelihood of post-surgical complications, and impact long-term outcomes including survival, quality of life, and function. One of the primary nutritional problems these patients experience is malnutrition, of which muscle depletion represents a clinically relevant feature. There have been recent calls for nutritional screening, assessment, treatment, and monitoring as a consistent component of care for all patients diagnosed with cancer. To achieve this, there is a need for a standardized approach to enable oncologists to identify patients commencing and undergoing antineoplastic therapy who are or who may be at risk of malnutrition and/or muscle depletion. This approach should not replace existing tools used in the dietitian's role, but rather give the oncologist a simple nutritional protocol for optimization of the patient care pathway where this is needed. Given the considerable time constraints in day-to-day oncology practice, any such approach must be simple and quick to implement so that oncologists can flag individual patients for further evaluation and follow-up with appropriate members of the multidisciplinary care team. To enable the rapid and routine identification of patients with or at risk of malnutrition and/or muscle depletion, an expert panel of nutrition specialists and practicing oncologists developed the PROtocol for NuTritional risk in Oncology (PRONTO). The protocol enables the rapid identification of patients with or at risk of malnutrition and/or muscle depletion and provides guidance on next steps. The protocol is adaptable to multiple settings and countries, which makes implementation feasible by oncologists and may optimize patient outcomes. We advise the use of this protocol in countries/clinical scenarios where a specialized approach to nutrition assessment and care is not available.
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- Maurizio Muscaritoli
- Department of Translational and Precision Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy
- Correspondence:
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- Oncology Department, Emek Medical Center, Afula 1834111, Israel
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- The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London SW3 6JJ, UK
- Breast Cancer Research Division, The Institute of Cancer Research, London SW3 6JJ, UK
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- Clinical Hospital Center Zagreb, School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
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- Department of Radiological, Oncological and Pathological Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy
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- Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2R3, Canada
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- Faculty of Medicine and Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Health (CIIS-UCP), Universidade Católica Portuguesa, 1649-023 Lisbon, Portugal
- Centre for Interdisciplinary Research Egas Moniz (CiiEM), Instituto Universitário Egas Moniz, 2829-511 Almada, Portugal
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Institute of Cancer, Hacettepe University, Ankara 06800, Turkey
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Caccialanza R, Cereda E, Agustoni F, Klersy C, Casirati A, Montagna E, Carnio S, Novello S, Milella M, Pilotto S, Trestini I, Buffoni L, Ferrari A, Pedrazzoli P. Multicentre, randomised, open-label, parallel-group, clinical phase II study to evaluate immunonutrition in improving efficacy of immunotherapy in patients with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer, undergoing systematic nutritional counseling. BMC Cancer 2022; 22:1212. [PMID: 36434615 PMCID: PMC9700895 DOI: 10.1186/s12885-022-10296-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2022] [Accepted: 11/08/2022] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Nutritional support, including nutritional counseling and oral nutritional supplements (ONS), has been recommended as a first-line strategy in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Evidence on the efficacy of immunonutrition during immunotherapy in these patients is positive, but still limited some secondary endpoints, such as treatment toxicity and tolerance. We hypothesize that early systematic provision of ONS with a high-protein-high calorie mixture containing immunonutrients (Impact®) in addition to nutritional counseling, compared to nutritional counseling alone, is beneficial to patients with NSCLC receiving immunotherapy with or without chemotherapy. We designed the present study to evaluate the efficacy of early systematic provision of ONS enriched with immunonutrients compared to nutritional counseling alone, in patients with NSCLC undergoing immunotherapy. Study endpoints were: treatment response (primary endpoint: progression-free survival), treatment tolerance and toxicity, body weight, body composition, protein-calorie intake, quality of life, fatigue, muscle strength and immunological profile. METHODS This is a pragmatic, multicentre, randomized (1:1), parallel-group, open label, controlled, pilot clinical trial (N = 180). DISCUSSION The improvement of efficacy of nutritional support in oncology still deserves many efforts. Immunonutrition represents a promising approach also in patients with NSCLC, but evidence on its efficacy on clinical outcomes during immunotherapy is still inconclusive. The present pilot study, which guarantees early high-quality nutritional care (assessment and treatment) to all patients in agreement with current guidelines and recommendations, could represent one of the first proofs of efficacy of early oral immunonutrition in patients with cancer undergoing immunotherapy. Further large randomized trials addressing the improvement of supportive care could be hypothesized, accordingly. TRIAL REGISTRATION This study is registered on ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT05384873.
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- Riccardo Caccialanza
- grid.419425.f0000 0004 1760 3027Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Viale Golgi 19, 27100 Pavia, Italy
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- grid.419425.f0000 0004 1760 3027Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Viale Golgi 19, 27100 Pavia, Italy
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- grid.419425.f0000 0004 1760 3027Medical Oncology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy
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- grid.419425.f0000 0004 1760 3027Biometry and Clinical Epidemiology Service, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy
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- grid.419425.f0000 0004 1760 3027Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Viale Golgi 19, 27100 Pavia, Italy
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- grid.419425.f0000 0004 1760 3027Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Viale Golgi 19, 27100 Pavia, Italy
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- grid.7605.40000 0001 2336 6580Department of Oncology, AOU San Luigi-Orbassano, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
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- grid.7605.40000 0001 2336 6580Department of Oncology, AOU San Luigi-Orbassano, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
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- grid.411475.20000 0004 1756 948XMedical Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Verona Hospital Trust, 37134 Verona, Italy
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- grid.411475.20000 0004 1756 948XMedical Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Verona Hospital Trust, 37134 Verona, Italy
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- grid.411475.20000 0004 1756 948XMedical Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Verona Hospital Trust, 37134 Verona, Italy
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- Medical Oncology Unit, Humanitas Gradenigo, Turin, Italy
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- grid.419425.f0000 0004 1760 3027Medical Oncology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy
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- grid.419425.f0000 0004 1760 3027Medical Oncology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy ,grid.8982.b0000 0004 1762 5736Internal Medicine Department, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
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Laviano A. High protein diet in digestive cancers. Curr Opin Clin Nutr Metab Care 2022; 25:348-353. [PMID: 35787591 DOI: 10.1097/mco.0000000000000857] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/03/2022]
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW Recent advances in the nutritional management of patients with digestive cancers suggest that modulation of protein intake may significantly contribute to achieve nutritional and clinical benefits. By reviewing the available evidence, a quantitatively and qualitatively optimal protein intake could be derived. RECENT FINDINGS High protein diets (i.e., 1-1.5 g/kg body weight/day) appear key to maintain the adequate nutritional status, and may also contribute to achieve clinical benefits. This target appears particularly relevant in patients with digestive cancers at risk or already malnourished, or in older patients. During active cancer treatments, protein intake should be closer to the upper limit of the recommended intake. Also, high protein intake should be maintained beyond the periods of catabolic crisis associated with active treatments. In contrast with general reasoning, animal proteins should represent the majority of the recommended intake. Based on the available evidence, the intake of no specific amino acid can be strongly recommended to enhance anabolic potentials or the immune modulating effects of high protein diets. SUMMARY High protein intake, mostly based on animal proteins, should be recommended to patients with digestive cancers. However, this target should be translated into clinical prescription after considering the clinical and metabolic needs of the patients. The quest for the optimal protein intake of patients with cancer at different time points of their clinical journey is still open.
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- Alessandro Laviano
- Department of Translational and Precision Medicine, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy
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Tan SE, Abdul Satar NF, Majid HA. Effects of Immunonutrition in Head and Neck Cancer Patients Undergoing Cancer Treatment – A Systematic Review. Front Nutr 2022; 9:821924. [PMID: 35360685 PMCID: PMC8961436 DOI: 10.3389/fnut.2022.821924] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2021] [Accepted: 02/01/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Background and Aims Malnutrition is prevalent among head and neck cancer (HNC) patients and leads to undesirable outcomes such as reduced treatment response and increased treatment-related side effects. This systematic review summarizes the recent evidence regarding the effect of immunonutrition in HNC patients undergoing radiotherapy and chemotherapy. Methods A literature search was conducted of the CENTRAL, ProQuest, MEDLINE, EBSCOhost, Web of Science and CINAHL databases; and further supplemented with internet and manual searches. Studies published between January 2011 and May 2021 were identified, screened, retrieved, and data extraction was performed. Results Twenty studies involving 1535 patients were included, 15 were randomized controlled trials (RCTs), three were retrospective study and two were comparative cohort studies. Five out of seven studies reported improvement or maintenance of nutrition status with continuous supplementation using immunonutrient-enriched formula. Three studies reported functional status as an outcome, with one study reporting significant improvement, one study reporting maintenance, and another study reporting no difference in the functional status of patients supplemented with immunonutrient-enriched formulas. Supplementation with glutamine did not reduce the overall incidence of mucositis but delayed the onset of oral mucositis and had significantly less incidence of severe oral mucositis. Conclusion Supplementation with immunonutrient-enriched formulas in HNC patients during radiotherapy and chemotherapy may improve or maintain nutrition status. Supplementation with glutamine during HNC radiotherapy and chemotherapy may delay the onset of oral mucositis and reduce incidences of severe oral mucositis. Further investigations are required, focusing on the timing, dosage, and duration of immunonutrition. Systematic Review Registration: PROSPERO, identifier CRD42021241817.
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- Sing Ean Tan
- Centre for Population Health (CePH), Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- Ministry of Health, Putrajaya, Malaysia
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- Centre for Population Health (CePH), Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- Department of Nutrition, Faculty of Public Health, Airlangga University, Surabaya, Indonesia
- *Correspondence: Hazreen Abdul Majid
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Wei L, Wu Z, Chen YQ. Multi-targeted therapy of cancer by omega-3 fatty acids-an update. Cancer Lett 2022; 526:193-204. [PMID: 34843864 DOI: 10.1016/j.canlet.2021.11.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2021] [Revised: 11/12/2021] [Accepted: 11/17/2021] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Low in dietary ω3 polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) consumption has been associated with increased incidence of cancers. Many basic and clinical studies have been conducted over the last several decades. We previously reviewed multi-targeted therapy of cancer by omega-3 fatty acids in 2008, and since hundreds of new clinical trials are being conducted to validate the effectiveness of ω3 PUFA in cancer therapy. Because of the availability of such large amount of clinical trial data, in this update we summarize clinical data, sort out trials that show promising results, and discuss potential mechanism(s) responsible for the clinical outcomes. It appears that ω3 PUFA mainly affects cancer-associated symptoms, namely cachexia, inflammation, neuropathy, post operative complications and quality of life. Mechanisms responsible for these effects are possible regulation of skeletal muscle protein turnover, inflammatory response and neuron cell survive by ω3 PUFA.
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- Lengyun Wei
- Wuxi School of Medicine, Jiangnan University, Jiangsu Province, 214122, China; Wuxi Translational Medicine Research Center and Jiangsu Translational Medicine Research Institute Wuxi Branch, China; School of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Jiangsu Province, 214122, China
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- Wuxi School of Medicine, Jiangnan University, Jiangsu Province, 214122, China
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- Wuxi School of Medicine, Jiangnan University, Jiangsu Province, 214122, China; Wuxi Translational Medicine Research Center and Jiangsu Translational Medicine Research Institute Wuxi Branch, China; School of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Jiangsu Province, 214122, China.
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Dechaphunkul T, Arundon T, Raungkhajon P, Jiratrachu R, Geater SL, Dechaphunkul A. Benefits of immunonutrition in patients with head and neck cancer receiving chemoradiation: A phase II randomized, double-blind study. Clin Nutr 2021; 41:433-440. [PMID: 35007812 DOI: 10.1016/j.clnu.2021.12.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2021] [Revised: 12/07/2021] [Accepted: 12/22/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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BACKGROUND & AIMS The benefits of immunonutrition in patients with head and neck cancer (HNC), especially for those undergoing definitive concurrent chemoradiation (CCRT), remain unclear. We evaluated the benefits of immunonutrition regarding the prevention of severe oral mucositis. Secondary objectives included assessments of other treatment-related toxicities, changes of nutritional and inflammatory marker levels, treatment tolerance, and survival. METHODS In total, 110 patients with HNC undergoing definitive CCRT including 3-week cycles of cisplatin were enrolled in our double-blind phase II study. Patients were randomly assigned to receive an immunonutrient formula containing omega-3-fatty acids, arginine, dietary nucleotides, and soluble fiber (n = 55) or an isocaloric isonitrogenous control (n = 55). All patients received the assigned product 5 consecutive days before each chemotherapy session. The proportion of patients with severe oral mucositis was compared between the immunonutrients and control groups. RESULTS The rates of nasopharyngeal cancer (NPC) were 67% and 51% in the immunonutrients and control groups, respectively. All patients had 100% compliance to the assigned product. There was no difference of the proportion of patients with grade 3-4 oral mucositis between the two groups (62% vs. 67%, p = 0.690). At the time of analyses, survival tended to be better in the immunonutrients group. The 3-year progression-free survival rates were 69% (95% confidence interval [CI] = 55%-80%) and 44% (95% CI = 30%-57%) in the immunonutrients and control groups, respectively (p = 0.056), whereas the 3-year overall survival rates in these groups were 69% (95% CI = 54%-80%) and 50% (95% CI = 36%-66%; p = 0.065), respectively. In subgroup analyses according to the primary tumor location, the survival benefits were apparently maintained in patients with NPC. CONCLUSIONS Although our study did not demonstrate a reduced risk of severe oral mucositis, we found that immunonutrition might improve survival. Larger studies are needed to determine the optimal dose and schedule of immunonutrition to prevent oral mucositis. In addition, randomized phase III trials evaluating the survival benefits of immunonutrition in patients with cancer are required, and NPC might be a primary malignancy of interest. TRIAL REGISTRATION ClinicalTrials.gov ID NCT05101889.
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- Tanadech Dechaphunkul
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Prince of Songkla University, 15 Kanjanavanich Rd, Hatyai, Songkhla, 90110, Thailand.
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- Holistic Center for Cancer Study and Care (HOCC-PSU), Unit of Medical Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Prince of Songkla University, 15 Kanjanavanich Rd, Hatyai, Songkhla, 90110, Thailand.
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- Nutrition Dietetics Division, Songklanagarind Hospital, Prince of Songkla University, 15 Kanjanavanich Rd, Hatyai, Songkhla, 90110, Thailand.
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- Division of Radiation Oncology, Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Prince of Songkla University, 15 Kanjanavanich Rd, Hatyai, Songkhla, 90110, Thailand.
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- Division of Respiratory and Respiratory Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Prince of Songkla University, 15 Kanjanavanich Rd, Hatyai, Songkhla, 90110, Thailand.
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- Holistic Center for Cancer Study and Care (HOCC-PSU), Unit of Medical Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Prince of Songkla University, 15 Kanjanavanich Rd, Hatyai, Songkhla, 90110, Thailand.
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Maioli TU, Trindade LM, Souza A, Torres L, Andrade MER, Cardoso VN, Generoso SV. Non-pharmacologic strategies for the management of intestinal inflammation. Biomed Pharmacother 2021; 145:112414. [PMID: 34808552 DOI: 10.1016/j.biopha.2021.112414] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2021] [Revised: 10/28/2021] [Accepted: 11/05/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Inflammatory bowel diseases, irritable bowel syndrome, and mucositis are characterized by intestinal inflammation, but vary according to their pathological mechanisms, severity, location, and etiology. Significant intestinal inflammation that occurs in these diseases induces weight loss, nutritional depletion, and gastrointestinal tract dysfunction. Nutritional support is important in alleviating symptoms and improving patients' quality of life. In this review, we summarize some nutritional components used to manage intestinal disorders. These include fatty acids, probiotics, parabiotics, postbiotics, prebiotics, synbiotics, and low FODMAP (LFD) diets. These components and LFD diets have been studied and clinical trials have been designed to develop new strategies to alleviate intestinal inflammation and improve the quality of life. Clinical trials on their use in intestinal inflammation do not allow firm conclusions to be drawn mainly because of the heterogeneity of the dose used and the study design or their inconclusive results. However, in the majority of cases, the use of omega-3, probiotics, parabiotics, postbiotics, prebiotics, synbiotics, and LFD improve the health.
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- Tatiani Uceli Maioli
- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Nutrição e Saúde, Departamento de Nutrição, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciência de Alimentos, Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Nutrição e Saúde, Departamento de Nutrição, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Bioquímica e Imunologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Nutrição e Saúde, Departamento de Nutrição, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil.
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Adiamah A, Rollins KE, Kapeleris A, Welch NT, Iftikhar SY, Allison SP, Lobo DN. Postoperative arginine-enriched immune modulating nutrition: Long-term survival results from a randomised clinical trial in patients with oesophagogastric and pancreaticobiliary cancer. Clin Nutr 2021; 40:5482-5485. [PMID: 34656029 PMCID: PMC8581217 DOI: 10.1016/j.clnu.2021.09.040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2021] [Revised: 09/14/2021] [Accepted: 09/26/2021] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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BACKGROUND & AIMS Immune modulating nutrition (IMN) has been shown to reduce postoperative infectious complications and length of stay in patients with gastrointestinal cancer. Two studies of IMN in patients undergoing surgery for head and neck cancer also suggested that this treatment might improve long-term survival and progression-free survival. In the present study, we analysed follow-up data from our previous randomised controlled trial of IMN, in patients undergoing surgery for oesophagogastric and pancreaticobiliary cancer, in order to evaluate the long-term impact on survival of postoperative IMN versus an isocaloric, isonitrogenous control feed. METHODS This study included patients undergoing surgery for cancers of the pancreas, oesophagus and stomach, who had been randomised in a double-blind manner to receive postoperative jejunostomy feeding with IMN (Stresson, Nutricia Ltd.) or an isonitrogenous, isocaloric feed (Nutrison High Protein, Nutricia) for 10-15 days. The primary outcome was long-term overall survival. RESULTS There was complete follow-up for all 108 patients, with 54 patients randomised to each group. There were no statistically significant differences between groups by demographics [(age, p = 0.63), sex (p = 0.49) or site of cancer (p = 0.25)]. 30-day mortality was 11.1% in both groups. Mortality in the intervention group was 13%, 31.5%, 70.4%, 85.2%, 88.9%, and 96.3% at 90 days, and 1, 5, 10, 15 and 20 years respectively. Corresponding mortality in the control group was 14.8%, 35.2%, 68.6%, 79.6%, 85.2% and 98.1% (p > 0.05 for all comparisons). CONCLUSION Early postoperative feeding with arginine-enriched IMN had no impact on long-term survival in patients undergoing surgery for oesophagogastric and pancreaticobiliary cancer.
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- Alfred Adiamah
- Nottingham Digestive Diseases Centre and National Institute for Health Research Nottingham Biomedical Research Centre, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust and University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
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- Nottingham Digestive Diseases Centre and National Institute for Health Research Nottingham Biomedical Research Centre, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust and University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
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- Nottingham Digestive Diseases Centre and National Institute for Health Research Nottingham Biomedical Research Centre, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust and University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
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- Nottingham Digestive Diseases Centre and National Institute for Health Research Nottingham Biomedical Research Centre, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust and University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
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- University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust, Royal Derby Hospital, Uttoxeter Road, Derby, UK
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- Nottingham Digestive Diseases Centre and National Institute for Health Research Nottingham Biomedical Research Centre, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust and University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
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- Nottingham Digestive Diseases Centre and National Institute for Health Research Nottingham Biomedical Research Centre, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust and University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK; MRC Versus Arthritis Centre for Musculoskeletal Ageing Research, School of Life Sciences, University of Nottingham, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham, UK.
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Caccialanza R, Cereda E, Klersy C, Nardi M, Masi S, Crotti S, Cappello S, Caissutti V, Brovia C, Lobascio F, Formisano E, Colombo S, Filippi AR, Bonzano E, Comoli P, Catenacci L, Alberti A, Musella V, Ferrari A, Imarisio I, Tancredi R, Monaco T, Ghi MG, Bossi P, Pedrazzoli P. The efficacy of immunonutrition in improving tolerance to chemoradiotherapy in patients with head and neck cancer, receiving nutritional counseling: study protocol of a randomized, open-label, parallel group, bicentric pilot study. Ther Adv Med Oncol 2021; 13:17588359211025872. [PMID: 34527079 PMCID: PMC8436314 DOI: 10.1177/17588359211025872] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2021] [Accepted: 05/28/2021] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Background: Nutritional support, including nutritional counseling and oral nutritional supplements (ONSs), has been recommended at the earliest opportunity in head and neck (H&N) cancer patients. The limited available evidence on the efficacy of immunonutrition during chemoradiotherapy (CT-RT) in H&N cancer patients is positive with regard to some secondary endpoints, but is still scanty, particularly with regard to toxicity and treatment tolerance. We hypothesize that early systematic provision of ONSs with a high-protein–high-calorie mixture containing immunonutrients (Impact) compared to standard high-calorie–high-protein nutritional blends, in addition to nutritional counseling, may be beneficial to patients with H&N cancer during CT-RT. Hence, we designed the present study to evaluate the efficacy, in terms of treatment tolerance, toxicity and response, body weight, body composition, protein-calorie intake, quality of life (QoL), fatigue, muscle strength and immunological profile of the early systematic provision of ONSs enriched in immunonutrients compared to isonitrogenous standard blends, in H&N cancer patients undergoing CT-RT. Methods: This is a pragmatic, bicentric, randomized (1:1), parallel-group, open label, controlled, pilot clinical trial. Discussion: Many efforts are still to be taken to improve the efficacy of nutritional support in oncology. Immunonutrition represents a promising approach also in H&N cancer patients, but the evidence on its efficacy in improving clinical outcomes during CT-RT is still inconclusive. The present pilot study, which guarantees the early provision of nutritional assessment and support to all the enrolled patients in accordance with the recent guidelines and recommendations, could represent one of the first proofs of the clinical effectiveness of early oral immunonutrition in cancer patients undergoing CT-RT and could stimulate further large randomized trials, potentially resulting in the improvement of supportive care quality. Trial registration: This study is registered on ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT04611113.
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- Riccardo Caccialanza
- Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Viale Golgi 19, Pavia, 27100, Italy
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- Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy
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- Biometry and Clinical Epidemiology Service, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy
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- Clinical Nutrition Service, Veneto Institute of Oncology-IRCCS, Padua, Italy
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- Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy
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- Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy
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- Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy
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- Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy
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- Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy
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- Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy
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- Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy
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- Radiation Oncology Department, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo and University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
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- Radiation Oncology Department, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo and University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
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- Radiation Oncology Department, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo and University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
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- Cell Factory and Pediatric Hematology Oncology, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy
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- Cell Factory and Pediatric Hematology Oncology, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Specialties, Radiological Sciences and Public Health, University of Brescia, ASST Spedali Civili, Brescia, Italy
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- Biometry and Clinical Epidemiology Service, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy
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- Medical Oncology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy
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- Medical Oncology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy
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- Medical Oncology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy
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- Medical Oncology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Specialties, Radiological Sciences and Public Health, University of Brescia, ASST Spedali Civili, Brescia, Italy
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- Medical Oncology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy
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Bozzetti F. Does nutrition support during chemotherapy increase long-term survival of cancer patients? Lessons from the past and future perspectives. Support Care Cancer 2021; 29:7269-7277. [PMID: 34309702 DOI: 10.1007/s00520-021-06213-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2020] [Accepted: 04/08/2021] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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PURPOSE The aim of this review was to analyze the potential effect of the nutritional support (oral supplementation/counseling, tube feeding, parenteral nutrition) combined with chemotherapy on long-term survival of cancer patients. METHODS Using various electronic databases, we retrieved all English language papers on the combination nutritional support and chemotherapy and including data on long-term survival. RESULTS 29 trials (4 non-RCT) were retrieved. No significant benefit was observed except for a longer survival in a few selected subgroups of patients, depending on the tumor stage and compliance with the nutritional support. However, no study included survival as primary endpoint or was adequately powered for this purpose, and patients were seldom affected by malnutrition, a condition which would have made them extremely vulnerable and unsafe during an intensive chemotherapy with significant gastrointestinal toxicity. Finally, nutritional regimens were often inappropriate as regards quality and quantity of nutrients or too similar in the two arms of the trial to expect a result. CONCLUSION From the review of these trials, it appears clear that there is absence of evidence more than evidence of absence of effect of the supplemental nutritional support. This poor scenario should not discourage future large multicenter trials to assess the potential of an early versus a delayed support in mildly malnourished patients. From the practical point of view, a nutritional supplementation should be considered when severe malnutrition caused by the disease or following repeated oncologic treatments can make the patients poorly compliant with further chemotherapy cycles, as recommended by the international guidelines.
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- Federico Bozzetti
- Faculty of Medicine, University of Milan, Via Festa del Perdono 11, 20100, Milan, Italy.
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NO, way to go: critical amino acids to replenish nitric oxide production in treating mucositis. Curr Opin Support Palliat Care 2021; 15:188-196. [PMID: 34397582 DOI: 10.1097/spc.0000000000000560] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW There is still an unmet need for preventive and treatment strategies for chemotherapy-induced and radiotherapy-induced mucositis and its associated systemic inflammatory response (SIR) in cancer patients. Because of citrulline depletion due to cytotoxic therapy, nitric oxide (NO) production can be reduced, limiting its effect in many physiological processes. Restoring NO production could relieve mucositis severity by supporting host damage control mechanisms. Amino acids glutamine, arginine and citrulline are involved in NO production. This review including recent literature of preclinical and clinical studies will discuss the potential benefits of glutamine, arginine and citrulline on mucositis development with focus on NO production. RECENT FINDINGS Mucositis severity is more defined by host response to DNA damage than by DMA damage itself. Citrulline depletion because of afunctional enterocytes could be responsible for NO depletion during cytotoxic therapy. Restoring NO production during cytotoxic therapy could have a beneficial effect on mucositis development. Citrulline seems a more promising NO donor than glutamine or arginine during cytotoxic therapy, although clinical studies in mucositis patients are currently lacking. SUMMARY Glutamine, arginine and citrulline show in-vitro beneficial effects on inflammatory processes involved in mucositis. Translation to the clinic is difficult as demonstrated with use of glutamine and arginine. Citrulline, being the most potent NO donor with excellent oral bio-availability, is very promising as treatment choice for mucositis and its use deserves to be investigated in clinical trials with mucositis patients.
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Saroul N, Puechmaille M, Lambert C, Hassan AS, Biau J, Lapeyre M, Mom T, Bernadach M, Gilain L. Prognosis in Head and Neck Cancer: Importance of Nutritional and Biological Inflammatory Status. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2021; 166:118-127. [PMID: 33845660 DOI: 10.1177/01945998211004592] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To determine the importance of nutritional status, social status, and inflammatory status in the prognosis of head and neck cancer. STUDY DESIGN Single-center retrospective study of prospectively collected data. SETTING Tertiary referral center. METHODS Ninety-two consecutive patients newly diagnosed for cancer of the upper aerodigestive tract without metastases were assessed at time of diagnosis for several prognostic factors. Nutritional status was assessed by the nutritional risk index, social status by the EPICES score, and inflammatory status by the systemic inflammatory response index. The primary endpoint was overall survival. RESULTS In multivariable analysis, the main prognostic factors were the TNM classification (hazard ratio [HR] = 3.34, P = .002, for stage T3-4), malnutrition as assessed by the nutritional risk index (HR = 3.64, P = .008, for severe malnutrition), and a systemic inflammatory response index score ≥1.6 (HR = 3.32, P = .02). Social deprivation was not a prognostic factor. CONCLUSION Prognosis in head and neck cancer is multifactorial; however, malnutrition and inflammation are important factors that are potentially reversible by early intervention.
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- Nicolas Saroul
- Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Department, Clermont-Ferrand University Hospital, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Department, Clermont-Ferrand University Hospital, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Biostatistics Unit (DRCI), Clermont-Ferrand University Hospital, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Department, Clermont-Ferrand University Hospital, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Radiation Oncology Department, Centre Jean Perrin, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Radiation Oncology Department, Centre Jean Perrin, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Department, Clermont-Ferrand University Hospital, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Medical Oncology Department, Centre Jean Perrin, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Department, Clermont-Ferrand University Hospital, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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Caccialanza R, Cereda E, Orlandi E, Filippi AR, Comoli P, Alberti A, Imarisio I, Pedrazzoli P, Bossi P. Immunonutrition in head and neck cancer patients undergoing chemoradiotherapy: an alternative approach for overcoming potential bias. Am J Clin Nutr 2021; 113:1053-1054. [PMID: 33822867 DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/nqaa421] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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- Riccardo Caccialanza
- From the Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics Unit, Fondazione IRCCS (Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico) Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy
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- From the Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics Unit, Fondazione IRCCS (Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico) Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy
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- National Center of Oncological Hadrontherapy (Fondazione CNAO), Pavia, Italy
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- Radiation Oncology Department, Fondazione IRCCS (Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico) Policlinico San Matteo, and the University of Pavia Italy, Pavia, Italy
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- Cell Factory and Pediatric Hematology Oncology, Fondazione IRCCS (Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico) Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Specialties, Radiological Sciences and Public Health, University of Brescia, ASST (Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale) Spedali Civili, Brescia, Italy
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- Medical Oncology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS (Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico) Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy
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- Medical Oncology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS (Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico) Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy.,Internal Medicine Department, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
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- Cell Factory and Pediatric Hematology Oncology, Fondazione IRCCS (Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico) Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy
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