Oncology Nutrition

Evidence-based articles on nutrition during and after cancer treatment, from managing cachexia to understanding emerging research on diet and cancer care.

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Plant Extracts and Cancer: Separating Laboratory Promise from Clinical Proof

Cancer patients and their families frequently ask about plant-derived compounds — resveratrol from red wine, aloe vera, curcumin from turmeric, green tea catechins — as potential aids alongside their treatment. The interest is understandable: these molecules have genuinely interesting biology. Understanding what the science actually shows, however, requires distinguishing between three very different types of […]

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Nutrition and Oncology: Rethinking Cancer as a Metabolic Disease

For most of the last century, cancer research has been dominated by one guiding idea: that tumors arise from an accumulation of genetic mutations. This somatic mutation theory has shaped diagnosis, drug development, and treatment planning for decades. But a parallel line of research — one rooted in metabolism rather than genetics — has been

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