Clinical nutrition

Tipologia: Temi di ricerca trasversali

Principal Investigator: Caccialanza

The Clinical Nutrition & Dietetics Unit coordinates several clinical trials in the field of the management of nutritional support in cancer patients, particularly in the application of immunonutrition in head&neck and lung cancer, of artificial nutrition in gastric cancer and in the assessment of nutritional risk and body composition as prognostic factors.

Cereda E, Casirati A, Klersy C, Nardi M, Vandoni G, Agnello E, Crotti S, Masi S, Ferrari A, Pedrazzoli P, Caccialanza R; ONCO-BIVA Collaborative Group. Bioimpedance-derived body composition parameters predict mortality and dose-limiting toxicity: the multicenter ONCO-BIVA study. ESMO Open, 2024.
Caccialanza R, Cotogni P, Cereda E, Bossi P, Aprile G, Delrio P, Gnagnarella P, Mascheroni A, Monge T, Corradi E, Grieco M, Riso S, De Lorenzo F, Traclò F, Iannelli E, Beretta GD, Zanetti M, Cinieri S, Zagonel V, Pedrazzoli P. Nutritional Support in Cancer patients: update of the Italian Intersociety Working Group practical recommendations. Journal of Cancer, 2022.
Caccialanza R, Goldwasser F, Marschal O, Ottery F, Schiefke I, Tilleul P, Zalcman G, Pedrazzoli P. Unmet needs in clinical nutrition in oncology: a multinational analysis of real-world evidence. Therapeutic Advances in Medical Oncology, 2020.
Caccialanza R, Aprile G, Cereda E, Pedrazzoli P. Fasting in oncology: a word of caution. Nature Reviews Cancer, 2019.
Cereda E., Cappello S., Colombo S., Klersy C., Imarisio I., Turri A., Caraccia M., Borioli V., Monaco T., Benazzo M., Pedrazzoli P., Corbella F., Caccialanza R. Nutritional counseling with or without systematic use of oral nutritional supplements in head and neck cancer patients undergoing radiotherapy. Radiotherapy and Oncology, 2018.

Bioelectrical impedance phase sensitive single-frequency analyzers (Nutrilab, Akern®);
Hand grip strength dynamometer (DynX®™);
Medical scales (Wunder®);
Medical image analysis software sliceOmatic (v5.0, TomoVision).

Together with the Oncology Unit, our Team is coordinating the Intersociety (AIOM-SINPE-FAVO-SICO-ASAND-AIRO-FNOPI) Italian Working Group for Nutritional Support in Cancer Patients;
Survivorship Care & Nutritional Support Working Group of Alliance Against Cancer (ACC);
Collaboration with the Gruppo Italiano per il Trapianto di Midollo Osseo (GITMO);
Collaboration with the Cellular Therapy and Immunobiology Working Party (CTIWP) of the European Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation (EBMT);
Collaboration with the Nurses Group (NG) of the European Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation (EBMT);
Our Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics Unit is an Hub center of Regione Lombardia with regards to Nutrition in Oncology, Short Bowel Syndrome and Artificial Nutrition.