Nutrition in Cancer Care: From Generalized to Personalized Adjunctive Therapy
A special issue of Cancers (ISSN 2072-6694).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 6 January 2027 | Viewed by 859
Special Issue Editor
Interests: molecular epidemiology; randomized clinical trials; nutritional epidemiology; Vitamin D; cancer prognosis; personalized medicine
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Standard cancer treatments frequently rely on generalized dosing protocols, such as body surface area (BSA), which often overlook individual metabolic variability. This Special Issue explores the critical shift from these "one-size-fits-all" approaches to personalized adjunctive therapies. We aim to investigate how anthropometric and nutritional parameters—including BMI, vitamin D status, and inflammatory markers (e.g., CRP, hemoglobin)—influence treatment efficacy and toxicity.
Key topics include the impact of host factors on immunotherapy outcomes and survival in recurrent or metastatic cases, and the potential of adjunctive agents, such as statins, to modulate chronic inflammation. Furthermore, we invite research on therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) to optimize pharmacokinetics (e.g., for 5-FU) based on nutritional status. This collection seeks to establish evidence for personalized strategies that enhance clinical outcomes by accounting for individual metabolic differences.
The purpose of this Special Issue is to present the new insights into how anthropometric and nutritional parameters influence cancer treatment outcomes, facilitating the transition from standardized dosing to personalized therapeutic strategies.
This Special Issue welcomes reviews as well as original research articles, which should be submitted by 6 January 2027.
Dr. Mitsuyoshi Urashima
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- anthropometry
- body mass index (BMI)
- body surface area (BSA)
- personalized medicine
- therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM)
- pharmacokinetics
- nutritional status
- chemotherapy optimization
- vitamin D
- adjunctive therapy
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