Adult survivors of childhood craniopharyngiomas, the second most common type of childhood brain tumor, face many challenges, including multiple life-threatening metabolic abnormalities. Serious metabolic deficits can result from injury to the pituitary gland or hypothalamus.
More »Specialty nutrition for patients with cancer is an
exciting area in research. It is well known that
patients with cancer experience many nutritional
problems during the course of their disease—in particular
anorexia and weight loss.[1,2] Specialty nutrition
can impact nutritional status directly by...
More »Palliative care, previously viewed by many as an
end-of-life movement, is now recognized as an
approach whose principles should infuse the care of
all patients with a chronic illness throughout the full
course of that illness. For example, the World Health
Organization (WHO) has redefined palliative...
More »For several decades, the nutritional deterioration of
patients diagnosed with cancer has been recognized,
and attempts have been made to prevent or
reverse it. However, with all the advancements in
technology and medicine, it is somewhat surprising
to find that little has altered in the approach or...
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