Nutrition in cancer care focuses on personalised, evidence-based dietary guidance to support your health, treatment tolerance, recovery, and long-term wellbeing. Delivered by oncology-trained dietitians as part of a multidisciplinary team, nutrition care addresses:
- Meeting energy and protein needs
- Managing eating challenges related to treatment, such as nausea, taste changes, mouth sores, or loss of appetite
- Supporting long-term wellness, including maintaining muscle mass, healthy weight, and metabolic function
It may also include advice on anti-inflammatory diets, gut health, and safe supplement use, tailored to your individual needs.
How it helps
Good nutrition can help reduce treatment complications, boost strength and energy, ease symptoms, support immune function, and enhance overall quality of life. Care may include food-first strategies, tailored meal planning, oral supplements if needed, and guidance on safe supplement use. Nutrition is most effective when integrated with exercise and ongoing clinical monitoring, tailored to each patient’s unique diagnosis, treatment phase, and personal preferences.
Getting started
Ask your oncology team for a referral to a dietitian trained in cancer care. Even small, tailored changes to diet, meal planning and hydration can improve energy, recovery, and overall wellbeing.
