Contents

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Foreword by Dr Michelle Kohn

Foreword by Dr Clare Shaw

Introduction

  1Nutrition in cancer
  2The impact of cancer and its treatment on the body
  3Monitoring your nutritional health in cancer
  4Cancer treatments: what to expect and how to prepare
  5Preparing for treatment at home: ways to eat well (with recipes)
  6Coping with side effects: nausea and vomiting, taste changes and fatigue
  7Coping with side effects: others (pre- and post-surgery, constipation, diarrhoea, etc.)
  8Food safety and preventing infections
  9Common questions
10After treatment: a word on healthy eating and cancer prevention

Conclusion

Appendix: Drink and meal supplements

Further reading

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