Nutrition and Lifestyle in Cancer Care, Prevention and Survivorship
A special issue of Nutrients (ISSN 2072-6643). This special issue belongs to the section "Nutritional Epidemiology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 September 2026 | Viewed by 330
Special Issue Editors
Interests: cancer; nutrition; metabolomics; epigenetics; environment; food contaminants
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Cancer remains a major global public health challenge, with diet and lifestyle factors increasingly recognized as modifiable determinants of risk, treatment response, and long-term outcomes. Extensive epidemiologic evidence links healthy dietary patterns, physical activity, body weight management, and avoidance of harmful exposures (e.g., excessive alcohol) with reduced cancer incidence and improved survival, underscoring the critical role of nutrition and lifestyle across the cancer continuum. Traditionally, research in this field has emphasized primary prevention; however, burgeoning data indicate that nutritional status and lifestyle interventions can influence treatment tolerance, quality of life, recurrence risk, comorbidity burden, and survivorship trajectories.
This Special Issue emphasizes a systematic epidemiology approach to generate rigorous and actionable evidence. We welcome well-designed prospective cohort studies, intervention trials, pooled and harmonized multi-cohort analyses, and high-quality systematic reviews and meta-analyses that clarify associations between nutrition, lifestyle factors, and cancer incidence, progression, recurrence, and long-term survival. Particular interest lies in studies that apply advanced methods for exposure assessment, biomarker integration, causal inference, and mediation analysis, as well as those that address heterogeneity across populations and cancer types.
Prof. Dr. L. Joseph Su
Guest Editor
Dr. Sithembiso Msibi
Guest Editor Assistant
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Keywords
- nutritional intervention
- dietary patterns
- cancer prevention
- survivorship care
- nutrient metabolism
- malnutrition prevention
- cancer-related cachexia
- personalized nutrition
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