Nutritional Strategies Across the Cancer Continuum: Prevention, Therapeutic Intervention, Support, and Survivorship
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 October 2026 | Viewed by 128
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Introduction and Background
Nutrition plays a critical role across the cancer continuum, influencing cancer risk, treatment tolerance, recovery, and long-term survivorship. Growing evidence shows that dietary patterns, nutrient status, metabolic health, and lifestyle factors affect carcinogenesis, immune function, inflammation, and patient outcomes. At the same time, many individuals undergoing cancer treatment experience malnutrition, muscle loss, and nutrition-impact symptoms that compromise intake and quality of life. Treatment-related sensory changes—including alterations in taste and smell—further complicate nutritional care and adherence. Advancing research and clinical practice in this area is essential to improving prevention strategies and patient-centred supportive care.
We are pleased to invite you to contribute to a forthcoming Special Issue in Cancers entitled “Nutritional Strategies Across the Cancer Continuum: Prevention, Therapeutic Intervention, Support, and Survivorship.”
Aim and Scope of the Special Issue
This Special Issue aims to bring together high-quality research examining nutritional status and interventions across the cancer continuum. The collection aligns with the journal’s scope by addressing cancer prevention, clinical management, supportive care, and survivorship through the lens of nutrition science and translational research. Our goal is to assemble a focused yet comprehensive collection of at least 10 articles. The editorial office will actively support promotion and outreach to achieve this target, and once reached, the Special Issue may be published in book form.
Suggested Themes and Article Types
In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include, but are not limited to:
- Dietary patterns and cancer risk
- Malnutrition and metabolic health in cancer
- Obesity, body composition, and metabolic dysfunction
- Nutraceuticals and bioactive food compounds
- Nutrition during chemotherapy, radiotherapy, and immunotherapy
- Management of cachexia and sarcopenia
- Taste and smell alterations and other nutrition impact symptoms
- Strategies to manage sensory changes and improve intake
- Microbiome, inflammation, and nutrition–immune interactions
- Survivorship nutrition and quality of life
- Patient-centred and multidisciplinary nutritional care
We would be delighted to receive your contribution and to work with you in advancing this important field. Please feel free to share this invitation with colleagues who may be interested.
Dr. Ananya Gupta
Guest Editor
Manuscript Submission Information
Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 250 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for assessment.
Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Cancers is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.
Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2900 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.
Keywords
- cancer prevention
- clinical nutrition
- malnutrition and cachexia
- sarcopenia and nutrition
- dietary patterns as cancer therapy
- treatment-related sensory changes
- cancer survivorship
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