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Nutrition in Cancer Care (PDQ®)

Health Professional Version
Last Modified: 11/30/2011

Changes to This Summary (11/30/2011)

The PDQ cancer information summaries are reviewed regularly and updated as new information becomes available. This section describes the latest changes made to this summary as of the date above.

Other Nutrition Issues 1

Added the new section on Nutrition and Survivorship 2 to replace the section on Survivorship and Prevention of Second Cancers.

The section on Guidelines for Healthy Eating 3 was extensively revised.

The section on Cancer Prevention Dietary Guidelines 4 was renamed from Cancer prevention guidelines.

Table of Links

1http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/supportivecare/nutrition/HealthProfessio
nal/Page5#Section_225
2http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/supportivecare/nutrition/HealthProfessio
nal/Page5#Section_475
3http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/supportivecare/nutrition/HealthProfessio
nal/Page5#Section_556
4http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/supportivecare/nutrition/HealthProfessio
nal/Page5#Section_549