| Beyond cancer anorexia-cachexia-nutrition and modulation of cancer patients' metabolism: Supplementary, complementary or alternative anti-neoplastic therapy? | |
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PMID: 21810420 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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Anorexia and muscle wasting are frequently observed in cancer patients and influence their clinical outcome. The better understanding of the mechanisms underlying behavioral changes and altered metabolism yielded to the development of specialized nutritional support, which enhances utilization of provided calories and proteins by counteracting some of the metabolic derangements occurring during tumor growth. Inflammation appears to be a key factor determining the cancer-associated biochemical abnormalities eventually leading to anorexia and cachexia. Interestingly, inflammation is also involved in carcinogenesis, cancer progression and metastasis by impairing immune surveillance, among other mechanisms. Therefore, nutritional interventions aiming at modulating inflammation to restore nutritional status may also result in improved response to pharmacological anti-cancer therapies. Recent clinical data show that supplementation with nutrients targeting inflammation and immune system increases response rate and survival in cancer patients. This suggests that nutrition therapy should be considered as an important adjuvant strategy in the multidimensional approach to cancer patients. |
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Alessandro Laviano; Marilia Seelaender; Karla Sanchez-Lara; Ioannis Gioulbasanis; Alessio Molfino; Filippo Rossi Fanelli |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2011-7-27 |
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Title: European journal of pharmacology Volume: - ISSN: 1879-0712 ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2011 Jul |
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Created Date: 2011-8-3 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 1254354 Medline TA: Eur J Pharmacol Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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Copyright © 2011. Published by Elsevier B.V. |
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Department of Clinical Medicine, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy. |
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