Nutrition in Survivors with Advanced Cancer: The Role of Appetite, Muscle Wasting, Obesity, and Altered Body Composition
A special issue of Cancers (ISSN 2072-6694). This special issue belongs to the section "Cancer Survivorship and Quality of Life".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 January 2026 | Viewed by 93
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The aim of this Special issue is to address the most important facets of nutrition encountered by patients (survivors) with advanced cancer, their families, and clinicians. The scope of this Special Issue includes clinical and translational research that is patient-centered and clinically relevant. Patients with advanced cancer experience multiple challenges with regard to nutrition, including decreased appetite, high symptom burden leading to decreased oral intake, wasting of muscle or fat, and alterations in body composition such as sarcopenic obesity. While the dominant issue surrounding nutrition in oncology is related to weight loss, in particular, muscle wasting, the rise in obesity and development of anti-obesity drugs has presented additional management challenges. An interdisciplinary approach including dieticians, nurses, physical therapists, psychologists, and physicians is likely to be most effective in improving clinical outcomes for patients with solid and hematological malignancies. In addition to non-pharmacological therapy, advances in new promising medications suggest that successful management is becoming a reality for patients. In spite of progress, there are continued questions regarding nutrient composition, optimal assessment of daily clinical practice, and the necessary resources for multimodal management.
In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:
- Nutrition content in patients with advanced cancer, including both macro and micronutrients.
- The role of interdisciplinary team members in managing nutritional issues, including dieticians, physical therapists, psychologists, and nurses.
- Exercise for preventing muscle wasting and weakness in patients with advanced cancer.
- New therapeutic agents and their anticipated role in patients with advanced cancer.
- Clinical challenges in managing patients with advanced cancer that are on anti-obesity (GLP-1) drugs.
- The microbiome and its impact on symptom burden and wasting in patients with advanced cancer.
- Nutrition and older patients with advanced cancer.
- Critical knowledge gaps and education needs among health care providers regarding nutrition and cancer.
I look forward to receiving your contributions.
Prof. Dr. Egidio Del Fabbro
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- advanced cancer
- nutrition
- wasting
- body composition
- multimodal
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