Nutritional Support in Oncology: Evidence and Practice

Dear Colleagues,

Nutrition plays a critical yet often underutilised role in cancer care, influencing treatment tolerance, functional status, quality of life, and clinical outcomes across the cancer continuum. Despite increasing recognition of its importance, nutritional care in oncology remains variable, with ongoing challenges in identifying patients at risk, implementing timely interventions, and translating evidence into routine clinical practice.

I am pleased to invite you to contribute to a Special Issue of Current Oncology entitled “Nutritional Support in Oncology: Evidence and Practice”, with a focus on bridging evidence and real-world clinical applications.

This Special Issue will bring together high-quality research and perspectives that advance our understanding of nutritional care in oncology, particularly in relation to risk stratification, targeted interventions, and implementation within clinical pathways. There is a growing need to move beyond recognition of malnutrition as a problem towards more precise, practical, and scalable approaches to nutrition assessment and intervention across diverse cancer populations and care settings.

We welcome original research articles and reviews addressing, but not limited to, the following areas:

• Nutritional risk, screening and assessment in cancer, including body composition and phenotypic approaches;
• Nutrition interventions during and after cancer treatment;
• Oral nutritional supplements and medical nutrition therapy;
• Cancer cachexia and metabolic changes;
• Supportive care and survivorship;
• Models of care integrating nutrition into oncology practice;
• Implementation and translation of nutrition into clinical oncology pathways.

If you are interested in contributing, I would be very pleased to discuss potential topics or abstracts with you.

I look forward to the possibility of receiving a contribution from you.

Dr. Elizabeth Isenring
Guest Editor

Manuscript Submission Information

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