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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 July 2008
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Living with Cancer
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HealthInsite Topic Page
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Links to information about living with cancer and the relationship between life style and cancer.
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Sep 2008
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Systematic Reviews on Living With Cancer
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HealthInsite Topic Page
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Links to systematic reviews of the evidence about the effects of cancer and cancer treatments on quality of life.
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Sep 2008
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Colon cancer prevention
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myDr
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Find out about steps you can take to help avoid bowel cancer, or at least catch it early on when cure is still possible.
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Aug 2008
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Nutrition in cancer patients
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Virtual Medical Centre.com
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Discusses the particular dietary requirements of patients with cancer.
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Aug 2008
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Cancer and food
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Better Health Channel
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Some cancers are influenced by our daily diet. 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. However, there is no evidence that specific foods can cause or cure cancer.
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Feb 2008
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Nutrition and exercise for cancer patients
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The Cancer Council Victoria
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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.
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Jan 2008
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Cereals and wholegrain foods
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Better Health Channel
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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.
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Nov 2007
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Phytoestrogens and breast cancer
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The Jean Hailes Foundation for Women's Health
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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.
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Oct 2007
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Stomach cancer - some possible causes
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Better Health Channel
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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 diet and Helicobacter pylori infection, possibly working in combination.
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Sep 2007
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Megestrol acetate for treatment of anorexia-cachexia syndrome
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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Megestrol acetate's mechanism of action is unknown. There are concerns regarding the possible recommendations for this drug; particularly in the improvement of quality of life in health care and in cancer patients. Quality of life is the cornerstone for...
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Jan 2005
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Cancer & food
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Healthy Eating Club
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Current research indicates that the foods we eat can influence our susceptibility to certain types of cancer. Generally, high fat diets are thought to increase the risk, while plant based diets - high in fresh fruits, vegetables, legumes and wholegrains, and minimally processed starchy foods - can help to prevent cancer.
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Aug 2003
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Drugs for preventing lung cancer in healthy people
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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There is currently no evidence to support recommending vitamins such as alpha-tocopherol, beta-carotene or retinol, alone or in combination, to prevent lung cancer. A harmful effect was found for beta-carotene with retinol at pharmacological doses in people with risk factors for lung cancer (smoking and/or occupational exposure to asbestos).
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Dietary fibre for the prevention of colorectal adenomas and carcinomas
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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Colorectal (bowel) cancer is common worldwide but is especially prevalent in industrialised countries. Genes, diet and lifestyle all seem to be important in the development of bowel cancer. Several communities with low bowel cancer rates have diets that...
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Nov 2001
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Tea
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Healthy Eating Club
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Tea has been implicated in protecting against heart disease, osteoporosis, cancer and even possibly skin cancer if the tea is drunk with lemon!
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Mar 2001
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