I worked as clinical dietitian at The George Washington University Hospital (GW) in Washington, DC for almost 4 years before moving to Nashville. At GW, I started on the oncology unit by chance and little did I know that my experience there would grow into the huge passion that I have today for oncology nutrition. I eventually became a board- certified specialist in oncology nutrition (CSO), a member of the Cancer Survivorship Task Force and the Palliative Care team at the hospital. In my practice today in Nashville, I still see oncology patients and my passion continues to grow. Every Thursday in my blog, I will have different topics regarding oncology nutrition from anything like evidence on current "Cancer diets" to foods to fight cancer to nutrition during, before, and after treatment to cancer survivorship to cancer prevention to the latest evidence on cancer research to popular supplements and much much more! If any of you have anything in particular that interest you in this area and would like for me to address it please feel free to comment or send me an email at any time at annab@thedeliciousdietitian.com.
February is also National Cancer Prevention Month! The American Institute of Cancer Research (AICR) estimates that 1/3 of cancers of the 1.5 million cancers that occur every year in the US could be prevented by lifestyle change alone. Research shows that what we eat makes a difference, physical activity affects cancer risk and also benefits survivors, and our weight also affects cancer risk. For the current recommendations for cancer prevention visit the AICR website: AICR Cancer Prevention Recommendations
This month in my Oncology segment I will be focusing on Cancer prevention so stay tuned!
Would you make any changes to your lifestyle based on the cancer prevention research?
What would you want to know more about based on cancer prevention and oncology nutrition?
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