Navigating Nutritional Challenges of Colorectal Cancer Patients During Treatment

As much as a healthy diet is important to battle cancer, it is just as essential that the body can absorb the nutrients properly to benefit from them. In the case of colorectal cancer patients, it is more challenging because the colon’s natural function of digestion and nutrient absorption is affected by cancer and its treatments.

Colorectal cancer, the third most common malignancy in males and second in females in the United States, is usually treated by removing part of the colon during surgery, leaving patients with nutritional needs different from those with other types of cancer. Another type …read more