Includes bibliographical references and index.

Cancer in the 21st century / Natalie Doyle and Clare Shaw -- Cancer and nutritional status / Alessandro Laviano, Isabella Preziosa, and Fil ippo Rossi Fanelli -- Treatment of cancer / Sanjay Popat -- Effect of m alnutrition on cancer patients / Louise Henry -- Nutrition screening / Sian Lewis -- Nutritional requirements of patients with cancer / C. Eli zabeth Weekes -- The psychosocial influences of food choices made by ca ncer patients / Lucy Eldridge -- Nutritional support for the cancer pat ient / Clare Shaw and Jane Power -- Late effects of cancer treatment in adult patients / Jervoise Andreyev -- Nutrition and palliative care / Clare Shaw -- Head and neck cancer / Bella Talwar -- Nutrition in upper gastrointestinal cancer / Saira Chowdhury and Orla Hynes -- Cancers of the lower gastrointestinal tract / Jane Power -- Gynaecological cancer / Mhairi Donald -- Haemato-oncology / Gayle Black -- Paediatric oncolo gy / Evelyn Ward -- Nutrition and breast cancer / Barbara Parry -- Nutr itional management in prostate cancer / Kathryn Parr -- Lung cancer / C herry Vickery.