STUDY OF THE RATIONALE OF THE USE OF NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT IN THE USE OF CHEMOTHERAPY IN PATIENTS WITH ONCOLOGICAL DISEASES

Chuikova Valeria Sergeevna

More than 50% of cancer patients receiving chemotherapy have nutritional disorders of varying severity. Such malnutrition is of great clinical importance in relation to the development and course of the disease. In this situation, it is necessary to use the means of accompanying therapy. In the course of the study, it was found that the use of nutritional support during drug treatment in cancer patients can increase the proportion of patients with a clinically significant improvement in the quality of life already at the end of the third month of observation, and with a constant regimen of use, the proportion of patients with recovery and weight gain by at the end of the sixth month of observation. The data obtained emphasize the need for continuous correction of nutritional deficiencies at all stages of the treatment of cancer patients.

Keywords:nutritional support, chemotherapy, concomitant therapy