What should I eat during cancer treatment and after surgery
When you are fit, eating enough food to get the nutrients and calories you need is usually not a problem. But when you are diagnosed with cancer, this may be challenging to achieve especially if you are undergoing treatment, have side effects, or just don’t feel well. Eating well is important during this period, so that you can build up your strength, and tolerate the effects of your cancer and your treatments better. Standard treatment for cancer includes surgery, chemotherapy, radiotherapy, and often a combination of the above. Surgery is performed to remove the cancer, and often includes the removal of an organ or part of an organ. Surgery is often used together with radiation and/or chemotherapy. Prior to, and after surgery, your body needs more calories and protein for wound healing and recovery. Radiotherapy uses radiation to kill cancer cells. The degree of side effects from radiation depends on the area and size of the area being radiated, the type and dose of rad...