Head and neck cancer: Part 1. The role of the Dietitian. Dr Teresa Brown, AdvAPD, PhD
Research indicates up to 75% of patients with head and neck cancer experience malnutrition. This affects treatment, quality of life, and life expectancy. Teresa has over 15 years of clinical experience working in cancer care.
In this webinar, part 1, we are shown how dietitians and nutrition therapies can improve outcomes by looking at the following;
What specifically are head and neck cancers and where they occur
Causes (aetiology)
Why malnutrition is so prevalent, what causes it and how it affects outcomes
The impact of weight loss on outcomes
The impact of dietitians providing nutrition intervention as part of a multidisciplinary team and how this improves nutrition outcomes, plus outcomes for surgery, radiotherapy, chemotherapy and post-treatment, as well as quality of life
How nutrition intervention affects the role of immuno-nutrition in relation to arginine, glutamine, n-3 fatty acids and ribonucleic acids
Teresa is project officer for the clinical oncological society for Australia. She developed the national evidence based guidelines for the nutritional management of patients with head and neck cancer, which has been endorsed internationally.
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