Clinical Nutrition in Oncology and Palliative Care — Treatise on Physiopathological and Therapeutic Specialization
Clinical Nutrition · Clinical Specialties
How it begins
Un compendio científico detallado y riguroso de la terapéutica nutricional y la inmunomodulación metabólica en el paciente oncológico. Aborda desde las bases celulares y metabólicas de la caquexia tumoral y la mioesteatosis hasta la optimización perioperatoria mediante protocolos ERAS, el abordaje de las complicaciones digestivas específicas según la localización del tumor, la selección de fórmulas enterales y…
What it covers
- Oncological Cachexia vs. Simple Starvation: Proinflammatory Mediators
- Alterations in the Intermediate Metabolism of Macronutrients
- · Carbohydrate Metabolism and the Warburg Effect
- · Lipid Metabolism and Adipose Browning
- · Protein Metabolism and the Ubiquitin-Proteasome Pathway
- Oncological Sarcopenia, Myosteatosis and Myelopenia
- · Myosteatosis: Qualitative Muscle Dysfunction
- · Sarcopenia and Myelopenia: The Muscle-Bone Marrow Axis
- Nutritional Screening and Diagnosis Tools: GLIM Criteria
- · Validated Screening Tools
- · Patient-Generated Subjective Global Assessment (VGS-GP)
- High Precision Body Composition Assessment Methods
- · Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis (BIA) and Vector Analysis (BIVA)
- · Computed Tomography (CT) at L3 Level: The Clinical Gold Standard
- · Hand Dynamometry (Handgrip Strength)
- Inflammatory and Nutritional Biomarkers: The Modified Glasgow Score (mGPS)
- · Kinetics and Limitations of Visceral Proteins
- · The Modified Glasgow Score (mGPS): The Inflammatory Prognostic Standard
- Determination and Optimization of Energy and Protein Requirements
- · Measurement versus Estimation of Energy Expenditure
- · Optimization of Protein Contribution in Sarcopenia
- Immunonutrition and Pharmaconutrition: Omega-3 Fatty Acids, Arginine and Glutamine
- · Eicosapentaenoic Acid (EPA) and DHA: Inflammation Modulators
- · Arginine and Glutamine: Conditionally Essential Amino Acids
- Micronutrients, Vitamins and Antioxidants: Evidence and Controversies
- · Vitamin D (25-Hydroxyvitamin D): Beyond Bone Metabolism
- · Zinc and Selenium: Antiradical Cofactors
- Toxicities of Chemotherapy, Targeted Therapies and Immunotherapy
- · Pathophysiology of Mucositis of the Gastrointestinal Tract
- · Chemotherapy-Induced Nausea and Vomiting (CINV)
- · Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor (ICI)-Induced Colitis
- Radiation Enteritis and Impact of Head, Neck and Pelvis Radiotherapy
- · Pathophysiology of Gastrointestinal Actinic Lesion
- · Actinic Dysphagia and Preservation of Swallowing
- Perioperative Management and Accelerated Recovery Protocols (ERAS)
- · Nutritional Pillars of the ERAS Protocol
- Enteral Nutrition: Indications, Access Routes and Formula Selection
- · Accesses for Enteral Nutrition
- · Stratification and Selection of Enteral Formulas
- · Clinical Complications of Enteral Nutrition
- Parenteral Nutrition: Indications and Monitoring of Vascular Access
- · Absolute Clinical Indications in Oncology
- · Access Routes and Relationship with the Osmolarity of the Formula
- Pathophysiology and Prevention of Refeeding Syndrome
- · Cellular Pathophysiology of Metabolic Transition
- · Safe Prevention and Repletion Protocol
- Head and Neck Cancer: Mechanical Dysphagia and Prophylactic Gastrostomy
- · Pathophysiology of Mechanical Oropharyngeal Dysphagia
- · Clinical Controversy: Prophylactic vs. Reactive Gastrostomy (PEG)
- · Modification of Viscosities and Caloric Density
- Upper Gastrointestinal Tumors: Esophageal and Gastric
- · Pathophysiology of Dumping Syndrome (Rapid Gastric Emptying)
- · Nutritional Strategies to Control Dumping
- · Afferent Loop Syndrome
- Pancreatic and Hepatobiliary Tumors: Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency
- · Pathophysiology of Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency (EPI)
- Colorectal Cancer and Pelvic Tumors: Management of High Debt Ostomies
- · Pathophysiology of the High Debt Ostomy (HOA)
- · High Debt Ostomy Management Protocol
- Transition from Active Nutritional Support to Palliative End-of-Life Care
- · Physiology of the Agony Phase and Cessation of Ingestion
- · The Futility of Artificial Nutritional Support (ANS) in Agony
- Physiopathological Management of Symptoms of Nutritional Impact at the End of Life
- · 1. Terminal Xerostomia (Dry Mouth)
- · 2. Nausea and Vomiting due to Gastroparesis and Partial Intestinal Obstruction
- · 3. Opioid Induced Constipation (OIC)
- Hydration in the Terminal Patient: Myths, Realities and Hypodermoclysis
- · Myths and Realities of Dehydration at the End of Life
- · Hypodermoclysis: A Palliative Comfort Technique
- Pharmacology of Orexigenic Agents and Metabolic Modulators
- Systematic Clinical Algorithm for Oncological Nutritional Support
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- Clinical Nutrition
- Category
- Clinical Specialties
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- Reviewed
- 2026-08-02