Cancer nutrition and rehabilitation—its time has come!
Martin R. Chasen, Cancer Nutrition and Rehabilitation Program, McGill University, 546 Pine Avenue West, Montreal, QC H2W 1S6.(martin.chasen@muhc.mcgill.ca). Clinical Director, Cancer Nutrition and Rehabilitation Program, McGill University, Montreal, QC.
Cancer is a systemic disease that can affect nearly every organ in the body, resulting in a progressive loss
of organ function. That loss of function may be initially slow, having minimal effect, or it may be rapid,
resulting in more dramatic changes.The usual medical management of patients with cancer has focused more specifically on the administration of cytotoxic treatments. These treatments can potentially eradicate or minimize the tumour, but they may also have toxic side effects that in turn can also affect the patient.
Cancer rehabilitation is a process that assists the individual with a cancer diagnosis to obtain optimal
physical, social, psychological, and vocational functioning within the limits created by the disease and its
treatment. The McGill Cancer Nutrition and Rehabilitation (CNR) program developed as a result of the everincreasing demand for a focus on addressing individual cancer patients and their needs, as well as on achieving optimal tumour-related outcomes.
Martin R. Chasen, Cancer Nutrition and Rehabilitation Program, McGill University, 546 Pine Avenue West, Montreal, QC H2W 1S6.(martin.chasen@muhc.mcgill.ca). Clinical Director, Cancer Nutrition and Rehabilitation Program, McGill University, Montreal, QC.
Cancer is a systemic disease that can affect nearly every organ in the body, resulting in a progressive loss
of organ function. That loss of function may be initially slow, having minimal effect, or it may be rapid,
resulting in more dramatic changes.The usual medical management of patients with cancer has focused more specifically on the administration of cytotoxic treatments. These treatments can potentially eradicate or minimize the tumour, but they may also have toxic side effects that in turn can also affect the patient.
Cancer rehabilitation is a process that assists the individual with a cancer diagnosis to obtain optimal
physical, social, psychological, and vocational functioning within the limits created by the disease and its
treatment. The McGill Cancer Nutrition and Rehabilitation (CNR) program developed as a result of the everincreasing demand for a focus on addressing individual cancer patients and their needs, as well as on achieving optimal tumour-related outcomes.
Using an interdisciplinary approach, the CNR’s global objective is to empower individuals who are experiencing loss of function, fatigue, malnutrition, psychological distress, and other symptoms as a result of cancer or its treatment to improve their own quality of life.
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