Kingma, Maaike J. (2022) The association between diet and health-related quality of life in cancer patients. Master's Thesis / Essay, Medical Pharmaceutical Sciences.
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Abstract
Although it is known that diet is a risk factor for various types of cancer, the association of diet during or after treatment with outcomes like health-related quality of life are less clear. This review aims to give an overview of dietary patterns and their association with HRQol in cancer patients, both during and after treatment. The ketogenic diet seems to have great potential in the treatment of cancer, because of its anti-tumor effect and improvement of Qol. Subsequently, fasting during chemotherapy might improve HRQol and several illness domains in cancer patients. Studies have shown that the Mediterranean diet is able to improve HRQol in prostate and breast cancer patients undergoing treatment and in breast cancer survivors. Currently, bigger studies and intervention studies are needed to proof causality between certain diets and the health-related quality of life in cancer patients.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Master's Thesis / Essay) |
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| Supervisor name: | Bock, G.H. de and Vinke, P.C. |
| Degree programme: | Medical Pharmaceutical Sciences |
| Thesis type: | Master's Thesis / Essay |
| Language: | English |
| Date Deposited: | 18 Jan 2022 10:35 |
| Last Modified: | 19 Jan 2022 09:18 |
| URI: | https://fse.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/26474 |
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