Multimodal Nutrition Education for Cancer Patients

Globally, 30%-40% of cancer patients are at nutritional risk, while about 20% of patients die due to malnutrition rather than the tumor itself. Malnutrition in cancer patients can occur at any stage, thus, it is necessary to carry out multimodal nutrition education on several different occasions. We believe that providing education at three important stages: upon admission, during hospitalization and at discharge can provide a good outcome. Multimodal nutrition education can include materials that are experienced through three different senses: seeing, hearing and touching, and can include online education, offline education, oral education and brochures. This literature review indicated that providing nutrition education can not only improve the nutritional status of cancer patients, but can also improve the ability of patients and their families to manage their own nutrition.