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Diet and Cancer
People with cancer often wonder if they're eating the correct foods, or if they should change their diet to help fight the disease.
The best general advice is to make sure that your diet is varied and balanced. This is vital to ensure that you feel better and have more energy, improve your body's ability to heal and to fight infection, tolerate your treatment with fewer side effects and keep your weight at an appropriate level.
The information provided here is for people who have been diagnosed with cancer, or for those who are concerned about staying healthy and preventing the disease.
Reviewed September 2011
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| Title: | Cancer and food |
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| Publisher: | Better Health Channel |
| Description: | Diet can influence some cancers. Cancers of the stomach, bowel, lung, prostate and uterus are more likely to develop if your diet is high in fat and low in fruit, vegetables and fibre. There is no evidence that specific foods can cause or cure cancer. |
| Date: | Oct 2011 |
| Title: | Eat for health |
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| Publisher: | The Cancer Council Australia |
| Description: | By enjoying a healthy diet, being physically active every day and maintaining a healthy body weight, you can lower your risk of developing cancer. The factsheet provides more information about eating for health. |
| Date: | Aug 2011 |
| Title: | Stomach cancer - some possible causes |
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| Publisher: | Better Health Channel |
| Description: | Stomach cancer is more common in developing nations, while becoming less so in Western countries. This type of cancer is thought to be triggered by poor diet and Helicobacter pylori infection, possibly working in combination. Stomach cancer is curable if detected early, but most people don't seek medical help until the disease is quite advanced, possibly because symptoms are often vague. |
| Date: | Jun 2011 |
| Title: | Phytoestrogens and breast cancer |
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| Publisher: | The Jean Hailes Foundation for Women's Health |
| Description: | There has been much speculation about phytoestrogens - particularly soy products, and breast cancer risk. This is mainly based on the idea that because these foods contain oestrogen, they can stimulate the breast tissue like our own body's oestrogen or prescribed oestrogen might. |
| Date: | Jun 2011 |
| Title: | Cancer Council's recommendations |
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| Publisher: | The Cancer Council Australia |
| Description: | Lists the Cancer Council Australia's recommendations for nutrition and physical activity. |
| Date: | May 2011 |
| Title: | Nutrition in cancer patients |
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| Publisher: | Virtual Medical Centre.com |
| Description: | The nutritional needs of a cancer patient depend on several factors, including the stage (treatment, recovery and living after recovery), symptoms, type and frequency of treatment and associated side effects, and the effect of the specific cancer on food and nutrient ingestion, tolerance, and utilisation. |
| Date: | May 2011 |
| Title: | Food and nutrition |
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| Publisher: | The Cancer Council Australia |
| Description: | Provides information about how eating a healthy, balanced diet reduces your risk of developing cancer and provides links to further information. |
| Date: | Mar 2011 |
| Title: | Cancer patients and diet |
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| Publisher: | The Cancer Council Australia |
| Description: | Provides information regarding the importance of eating well during cancer treatment. |
| Date: | Feb 2011 |
| Title: | Nutrition and physical activity |
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| Publisher: | The Cancer Council Australia |
| Description: | Exercise shows that being overweight, having a poor diet, drinking alcohol and doing little or no exercise all increase your risk of developing certain cancers. |
| Date: | Feb 2011 |
| Title: | Cereals and wholegrain foods |
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| Publisher: | Better Health Channel |
| Description: | Cereals and wholegrain foods can reduce the risk of developing certain diseases including coronary heart disease, colon cancer, diabetes and diverticular disease. Common cereal foods include bread, breakfast cereals and pasta. |
| Date: | Jan 2011 |
| Title: | Nutrition & exercise for cancer patients |
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| Publisher: | The Cancer Council Victoria |
| Description: | There are no special foods you must use or avoid when you have cancer. The best general advice is to eat well with a variety of foods every day, and exercise at a comfortable level. |
| Date: | Oct 2010 |
| Title: | Oral mucositis and nutrition |
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| Publisher: | Virtual Medical Centre.com |
| Description: | Mucositis can have a very severe impact on a patient's ability to eat and drink. Nutritional support is an essential component of cancer treatment and helps maintain body weight. |
| Date: | Jun 2010 |
| Title: | Appetite/Weight loss |
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| Publisher: | Virtual Medical Centre.com |
| Description: | Information by professional health specialists on the causes and treatment of appetite/weight loss. |
| Date: | May 2010 |
| Title: | Selenium |
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| Publisher: | The Cancer Council Australia |
| Description: | Cancer Council Australia's position statement provides background information about selenium and selenium supplements, and summarises the evidence from studies of selenium to prevent cancer. |
| Date: | Jul 2009 |
| Title: | Fibre, wholegrain cereals and cancer |
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| Publisher: | The Cancer Council Australia |
| Description: | Cancer Council Australia's position statement summarises the evidence in relation to fibre consumption and its impact on reducing cancer risk. |
| Date: | Jun 2009 |
| Title: | Fruit, vegetables and cancer prevention |
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| Publisher: | The Cancer Council Australia |
| Description: | Cancer Council Australia's position statement summarises the evidence on how eating fruits and vegetables can contribute to reducing cancer risk. |
| Date: | Jun 2009 |
| Title: | Green tea (Camellia sinensis) for the prevention of cancer |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Fifty-one studies with more than 1.6 million participants, mainly of observational nature were included in this systematic review. Studies looked for an association between green tea consumption and cancer of the digestive tract, gynecological cancer in... |
| Date: | Apr 2009 |
| Title: | Cachexia |
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| Publisher: | Virtual Medical Centre.com |
| Description: | Cachexia means 'poor condition' in Greek. Cachexia has been defined as a syndrome characterised by progressive loss of lean tissue and body fat. Losses are often in excess to that explained by the associated anorexia. Cachexia oc |
| Date: | Dec 2008 |
| Title: | Colon cancer prevention - myDr.com.au |
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| Publisher: | myDr |
| Description: | Find out about steps you can take to help avoid bowel cancer, or at least catch it early on when cure is still possible. |
| Date: | Aug 2008 |
| Title: | Megestrol acetate for treatment of anorexia-cachexia syndrome |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Megestrol acetate improves appetite and weight gain in patients with anorexia cachexia syndrome related to cancer.Megestrol acetate's mechanism of action is unknown. There are concerns regarding the possible recommendations for this drug; particularly i... |
| Date: | Aug 2007 |
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