Cancer treatment side effect: Malnutrition
Getting enough calories and protein helps patients stay strong and fight cancer as well as other infections.
But studies show that up to 85% of cancer patients suffer from malnutrition at some point during their cancer treatment. This common cancer treatment side effect occurs when the body doesn’t get or can’t absorb the nutrients it needs. And it’s more common in patients with pancreatic cancer, lung cancer and upper gastrointestinal...